Regional dependencies in job creation: An efficiency analysis for Western Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1193-1206

  Fahr, René ^a,b   Sunde, Uwe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; STOCHASTICITY;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 33745302814     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600685140     Document Type: Article

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