Barriers to rehiring of displaced workers: A study of aerospace engineers in California

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-178

  Thomas, Ward F ^a   Ong, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036252783     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242402016002006     Document Type: Article

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