Gender differences in the reemployment status of displaced workers human capital as signals that mitigate effects of bias

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 780-796

  Koeber, Charles ^a   Wright, David W ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Human Capital; Queuing; Unemployment; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747847726     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.036     Document Type: Article

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