Are specific skills an obstacle to labor market adjustment?

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-256

  Lamo, Ana ^a   Messina, Julián ^b   Wasmer, Etienne ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Search and matching; Skill specificity; Transition; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951770126     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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