How do firing costs affect worker flows in a world with adverse selection?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 553-584

  Kugler, Adriana D ^a   Saint Paul, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 3242739592     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383107     Document Type: Article

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