Where the jobs are: Business dynamics and employment growth

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 79-94

  Neumark, David ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Junfu ^e   Wall, Brandon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d IZA   (United States)

^e CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845772795     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2006.23270308     Document Type: Article

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