Reality and response: unemployment 1970-2005 in two core journals

The Seventies of last century saw a decisive break with the earlier tendencies of the 'golden age'. Particularly important was the return of persistent unemployment. The present paper gives an overview of the effects of this change on subsequent publications in the two core journals Ameri...

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Main Author: Kurt Rothschild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-04-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9871
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Summary:The Seventies of last century saw a decisive break with the earlier tendencies of the 'golden age'. Particularly important was the return of persistent unemployment. The present paper gives an overview of the effects of this change on subsequent publications in the two core journals American Economic Review and Economic Journal. It turns out that both with regard to frequency and contents there had been a notable impact of real events and theoretical controversy.    JEL Codes: A11, A14, E24  
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643