The impact of structural dynamics on job mobility rates in the United States

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1301-1327

  Shin, Taek Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate merger; Event history analysis; Industrial changes; Job mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548982070     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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