The effects of job displacement on job quality: Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-298

  Brand, Jennie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Difference in differences; Job displacement; Job quality; Matching; Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750044581     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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