Networks in labor markets: Wage and employment dynamics and inequality

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-46

  Calvó Armengol, Antoni ^a   Jackson, Matthew O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop out rates; Employment; Labor markets; Networks; Unemployment; Wage inequality; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845579447     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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