Job search and savings: Wealth effects and duration dependence

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-489

  Lentz, Rasmus ^a   Tranæs, Torben ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 2tv DK 1307 Copenhagen

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EID: 27744475734     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430284     Document Type: Article

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