Employers' recruitment behaviour and vacancy duration: An empirical analysis for the Dutch labour market

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1463-1474

  Gorter, Cees ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOUR MARKET; RECRUITMENT BEHAVIOUR; THEORETICAL STUDY; VACANCY DURATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030437001     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496327723     Document Type: Article

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