Regional labour market matching functions and efficiency analysis

Labour

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-437

  Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a   Pesola, Hanna ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 0142135916     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00247     Document Type: Article

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