The role of specific and general human capital after displacement

Education Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-236

  Kriechel, Ben ^a   Pfann, Gerard A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Displacement; Heterogeneity; Sorting; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 17944376375     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290500031439     Document Type: Article

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