Recall bias in the displaced workers survey: Are layoffs really lemons?

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-345

  Song, Younghwan ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemons effect of layoffs; Recall bias; Wage tenure profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247279643     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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