The High-pressure U.S. Labor Market of the 1990s
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- Lawrence F. Katz & Alan B. Krueger, 1999. "The High-Pressure U.S. Labor Market of the 1990s," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 30(1), pages 1-88.
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unemployment; inflation; wage pressure; Beveridge curve;All these keywords.
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