Economics, Econometrics and Finance
8 years ago

Noisy worker information leads to volatile unemployment and sluggish wages.

Finance and Economics Discussion Series
The Cyclical Behavior of Unemployment and Wages under Information Frictions
Camilo Morales-Jiménez

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