The effect of search frictions on wages

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 875-885

  Van den Berg, Gerard J ^a,b,c,d,e   Van Vuuren, Aico ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IZA ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^f TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Job durations; Labor market imperfections; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149498332     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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