Reemployment of dislocated workers in urban China: The roles of information and incentives

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 582-607

  Giles, John ^a   Park, Albert ^b   Cai, Fang ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dislocated workers; Social networks; Unemployment duration; Unemployment insurance; Urban China

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750611585     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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