Econometrics of Individual Labor Market Transitions

Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2008, Pages 865-905

  Fougère, Denis ^a,b,c   Kamionka, Thierry ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Compete Risk Model; Duration Model; Markov Chain; Mobility Index; Stochastic Matrice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954610175     PISSN: 15705811     EISSN: 22147977     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75892-1_25     Document Type: Chapter

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