Unemployment and migration: Does moving help?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-639

  Pekkala, Sari ^a   Tervo, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment status; Migration; Selection bias; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036995768     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00305     Document Type: Article

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