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Jared Bernstein: Has the Beveridge Curve Really Shifted? |

By Jared Bernstein
August 13th, 2014

The Beveridge Curve (BC) is a favorite tool of labor economists showing the inverse relationship between job openings and unemployment. It’s thus a kind of index of strength of labor demand: when the job market is tight, there’s low unemployment and more unfilled openings/job vacancies, and vice versa.

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