Long-term employment relationships in the early twentieth century: Evidence from personnel data

Labour Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-383

  Hamilton, Barton ^a   MacKinnon, Mary ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment duration; Historical labour markets; Long term employment; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529178     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(96)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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