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How Should We Measure Slackness in the Labor Market?

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  • John Haltiwanger

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  • John Haltiwanger & Mark Plant, 1984. "How Should We Measure Slackness in the Labor Market?," UCLA Economics Working Papers 343, UCLA Department of Economics.
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