Interpreting employment in a recession using an epidemiological model

This note suggests that the employment characteristics in a typical recession are somewhat similar to the disease characteristics found in an epidemic. Preliminary numerical results indicate that the model may have some validity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karl E. Lonngren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-12-01
Series:Cogent Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2014.976330