Qualitative mismatches

Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-168

  Sattinger, Michael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Job assignment theory; Labor market; Optimal matching; Search theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874155380     PISSN: 15479846     EISSN: 15479854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0700000052     Document Type: Review

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