Spatial mobility and competition for jobs: Some theory and evidence for Western Germany

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 803-825

  Fahr, René ^a   Sunde, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal migration; Job competition; On the job search; Regional unemployment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MOBILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 33749355340     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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