Probation, layoffs, and wage-tenure profiles: A sorting explanation

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-383

  Wang, Ruqu ^a   Weiss, Andrew ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D82; Hiring; J41; J63; Monitoring; Probation; Sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005774373     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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