Job mobility in Britain: Are the Scots different? Evidence from the BHPS

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-358

  Heitmueller, Axel ^a,b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3943111037     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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