People I know: Job search and social networks

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-332

  Cingano, Federico ^a   Rosolia, Alfonso ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

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EID: 84858283782     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663357     Document Type: Article

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