Job reallocation, employment change and average job tenure: Theory and workplace evidence from Australia

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 402-421

  Mumford, Karen ^a   Smith, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3943049437     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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