The establishment-level behavior of vacancies and hiring

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 581-622

  Davis, Steven J ^a,b   Faberman, R Jason ^c   Haltiwanger, John C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MODELING; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877012067     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt002     Document Type: Article

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