Convergence in macroeconomics: The labor wedge

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 280-297

  Shimer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85017125559     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.1.280     Document Type: Article

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