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Deconstructing Structural Unemployment
Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011
Some economic observers argue “structural unemployment” has increased in the wake of the Great Recession, but in this … paper we find little support for either of two arguments that suggest that structural unemployment has been on the rise. The … first argument focuses on the large increase in unemployment among construction workers. The second argument is that falling …
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The $1 Trillion Wage Deficit
Baker, Dean; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009
The strong rise in the U.S. stock market since the spring and the return to positive economic growth in the third quarter of this year have created a consensus among economists that the Great Recession is very likely over. Unfortunately, the end of the official recession will have little visible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008545825