Reassessing the ins and outs of unemployment

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-148

  Shimer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment exit rate; Gross worker flows; Job finding rate; Separation rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858159645     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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