Does spatial employment density spur inter-firm job switching?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 245-272

  Andersson, Martin ^a   Thulin, Per ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBABILITY; SKILLED LABOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84873871260     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-012-0544-y     Document Type: Article

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