Employer recruitment strategies and the labor market outcomes of new hires

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-282

  Devaro, Jed ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 24144501282     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi018     Document Type: Article

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