Chapter 37 Mobility and stability: The dynamics of job change in labor markets

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 2439-2483

  Farber, Henry S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845330771     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30023-7     Document Type: Review

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