Labour mobility and regional disparities: The role of female labour participation

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 895-913

  Ederveen, Sjef ^a   Nahuis, Richard ^a   Parikh, Ashok ^b  

^a Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European union; Labour mobility; Panel data methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148901454     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0095-6     Document Type: Article

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