Do workers really benefit from their social networks?

Recherches Economiques de Louvain

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-31

  Fontaine, François ^a  

^a Institut du Travail   (France)

Author keywords

Economic policy; Matching; Social networks; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949099462     PISSN: 07704518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/rel.741.0005     Document Type: Article

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