Unraveling reduces mobility in a labor market: Gastroenterology with and without a centralized match

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1342-1352

  Niederle, Muriel ^a   Roth, Alvin E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; MARKET CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942278086     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378530     Document Type: Article

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