Dynamics of worker flows and vacancies: Evidence from the sign restriction approach

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-121

  Fujita, Shigeru ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650939341     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1111     Document Type: Article

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