Employment changes, the structure of adjustment costs, and plant size

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 577-598

  Nilsen, Øivind A ^a,c   Salvanes, Kjell G ^a,c   Schiantarelli, Fabio ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; Employment demand; Size

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMETRICS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33947218590     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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