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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Probability of Finding a Job

  • Robert Shimer
American Economic Review
vol. 98, no. 2, May 2008
(pp. 268–73)
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Citation

Shimer, Robert. 2008. "The Probability of Finding a Job." American Economic Review, 98 (2): 268–73. DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.268

JEL Classification

  • E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution
  • J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
  • J63 Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
  • J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search