Wages, employment, labour turnover and the accessibility of local labour markets

Labour Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 639-663

  Morrison, Philip S ^a   Papps, Kerry L ^b   Poot, Jacques ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earnings functions; Migration; Quitting behaviour; Turnover costs; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748631445     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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