O brother, where art thou? The effects of having a sibling on geographic mobility and labour market outcomes

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 303, 2009, Pages 528-556

  Rainer, Helmut ^a   Siedler, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; PARENTAL CARE;

EID: 67149096378     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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