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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle

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  • James J. Heckman
  • Jonas Agell
  • Florian Gertser
  • Merz Friedrich

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  • James J. Heckman & Jonas Agell & Florian Gertser & Merz Friedrich, 2003. "The Labour Market and the Job Miracle," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 4(02), pages 29-48, October.
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    Keywords

    Arbeitslosigkeit; Institutionelle Infrastruktur; Standortwettbewerb; Arbeitsmarkt; Flexibilität; Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung; Markteffizienz; Sozialstaat; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung; Deutschland; EU-Staaten; Vereinigte Staaten; Welt; Unemployment; Institutional infrastructure; Territorial competition; Labour market; Flexibility; Labour market flexibility; Market efficiency; Welfare state; Economic adjustment; Germany; EU countries; United States; World;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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