Labor turnover costs and the cyclical behavior of vacancies and unemployment

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. S1, 2009, Pages 76-96

  Silva, José Ignacio ^a   Toledo, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business Cycles; Labor Markets; Matching; Search; Turnover Costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449338411     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100509080122     Document Type: Article

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