Job search in thick markets

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-318

  Di Addario, Sabrina ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industry localization; Labor market transitions; Search intensity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952008674     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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