Imperfect competition in the labor market

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 4, Issue PART B, 2011, Pages 973-1041

  Manning, Alan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imperfect competition; Labor markets; Matching; Monopsony; Rents; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953110061     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7218(11)02409-9     Document Type: Book

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