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Labor-market flexibility and aggregate employment volatility

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  • Hopenhayn, Hugo A.

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  • Cabrales, Antonio & Hopenhayn, Hugo A., 1997. "Labor-market flexibility and aggregate employment volatility," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 189-228, June.
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