Overeducation, regional labor markets, and spatial flexibility

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 482-493

  Büchel, Felix ^a,b,c,d   van Ham, Maarten ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job search; Overeducation; Spatial flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037671737     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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