The Employment of Nations — A Primer

This paper examines low-frequency movements in employment in a cross section of industrialized countries for the period 1960-95, using both aggregate and disaggregated data. It documents nine stylized facts about cross-country variations in employment.
Suggested citation: Rogerson, Richard. “The Employment of Nations — A Primer,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Review, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 27-50, 12.01.2001.