Skill mismatch and unemployment in OECD countries

Economica

Volumn 66, Issue 262, 1999, Pages 181-207

  Manacorda, Marco ^a,c   Petrongolo, Barbara ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; OECD; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032792078     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00164     Document Type: Article

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