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The presence of unemployment hysteresis in the OECD: what can we learn from out-of-sample forecasts?

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  • Magnus Gustavsson & Pär Österholm, 2010. "The presence of unemployment hysteresis in the OECD: what can we learn from out-of-sample forecasts?," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 779-792, June.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0290-x
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