Matching across space: Evidence on mobility in the Czech Republic

Labour Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-278

  Burda, Michael C ^a,b   Profit, Stefan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Job search; Matching functions; Regional mobility; Spatial interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030269179     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(96)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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