Title:

What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets

Authors:

Olivier Blanchard (MIT, NBER)
Pedro Portugal (Bank of Portugal, U Nova)

Journal:

American Economic Review

Year:

2001

Volume:

91

Pages:

187-207

JEL codes:

J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
E24 - Macroeconomics: Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution (includes wage indexation)