Beyond Okun’s law: output growth and labor market flows
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- van Ours, Jan C. & Lim, Guay & Dixon, Robert, 2018. "Beyond Okun's Law: Output Growth and Labor Market Flows," CEPR Discussion Papers 13369, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Guay C. Lim & Robert Dixon & Jan (J.C.) van Ours, 2018. "Beyond Okun's Law: Output Growth and Labor Market Flows," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 18-097/V, Tinbergen Institute.
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Keywords
Labor flows; Time-varying Okun; Asymmetry;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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