Firm recruitment behaviour: Sequential or non-sequential search?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 432-455

  Van Ommeren, Jos ^a   Russo, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Cedefop: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Europe 123   (Greece)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 84899475890     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obes.12027     Document Type: Article

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