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European Unemployment: Why is it so High and What Should be Done About it?

In: Unemployment and the Australian Labour Market

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  • Richard Jackman

    (The London School of Economics and Political Science)

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  • Richard Jackman, 1998. "European Unemployment: Why is it so High and What Should be Done About it?," RBA Annual Conference Volume (Discontinued), in: Guy Debelle & Jeff Borland (ed.),Unemployment and the Australian Labour Market, Reserve Bank of Australia.
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