2008/04/25 by C. Freeman · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
paper · doi:10.1057/9780230226203.1641
openalex publication_date 2008/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/15
Economists have generally distinguished between various types of unemployment, in terms of both their characteristic features and their underlying causal mechanisms. Some of these distinctions are non-controversial and relatively straightforward both in their definition and in their measurement. Thus, for example, there is not too much disagreement about the scale and nature of ‘seasonal unemployment’ or about the need for ‘seasonal adjustments’ to the regular monthly series of unemployment statistics published in all industrial countries.