Competition between employed and unemployed job applicants: Swedish evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-396

  Eriksson, Stefan ^a   Lagerström, Jonas ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Employed and unemployed job seekers; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNET; JOB SEARCH; PROBABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750606217     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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