Table 1 Coefficient of variation of the age-specific unemployment rate in three countries

From: Who bears the cost of the business cycle? Labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate

	15-24	25-34	45-54	15-24/45-54	25-34/45-54
France	0.49	0.57	0.58	0.84	0.99
US	0.50	0.56	1.32	0.38	0.42
Japan	0.22	0.36	0.73	0.30	0.49

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