Health insurance and worker retention in the construction industry

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-38

  Kim, Jaewhan ^a   Philips, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Health insurance; Job lock

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952096160     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-010-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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