Filling vacancies: An empirical analysis of the cost and benefit of search in the labour market

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1597-1606

  Russo, Giovanni ^a   Hassink, Wolter H J ^b   Gorter, Cees ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24344458959     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500217069     Document Type: Article

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