Looking into the black box: A survey of the matching function

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 390-431

  Petrongolo, Barbara ^a   Pissarides, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000817409     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.39.2.390     Document Type: Review

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