Unhappiness and job finding

Economica

Volumn 81, Issue 323, 2014, Pages 544-565

  Gielen, Anne C ^a,b   van Ours, Jan C ^c,d,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CESifo ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84902245815     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12089     Document Type: Article

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