What Explains the 2007-2009 Drop in Employment?

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2197-2223

  Mian, Atif ^a,b   Sufi, Amir ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Great Recession; House prices; Household debt; New worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915828489     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10451     Document Type: Article

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