Does the color of the collar matter? Employment and earnings after plant closure

Economics Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Schwerdt, Guido ^a   Ichino, Andrea ^b   Ruf, Oliver ^c   Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^d   Zweimüller, Josef ^c  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Firm specific human capital; Matching; Plant closures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954028077     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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