Job contact networks

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-206

  Calvó Armengol, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Information transmission; Labor markets; Networks; Strategic network formation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744222521     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00250-3     Document Type: Article

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