Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-53

  Pellizzari, Michele ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 78651426102     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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