Are college graduates more responsive to distant labor market opportunities?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 944-970

  Wozniak, Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; LOCATION DECISION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049276399     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.45.4.944     Document Type: Article

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