Two-sided learning with applications to labor turnover and worker displacement

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 228, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 423-445

  Pfann, Gerard A ^a,e   Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a,b,c,d  

^a Maastricht University ^*

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job loss; Layoffs; Learning; Quits

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449192533     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2008-5-603     Document Type: Article

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