Job tenure and job mobility in Britain

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-70

  Booth, Alison L ^b   Francesconi, Marco ^b   Garcia Serrano, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001914263     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905300103     Document Type: Article

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