Successful employer search? An empirical analysis of vacancy duration using micro data

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 299, 2008, Pages 455-480

  Andrews, M J ^a   Bradley, S ^b   Stott, D ^b   Upward, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; JOB SEARCH; MODELING; SKILLED LABOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48049092776     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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