The resilience of regional labour markets to economic shocks: Exploring the role of interactions among firms and workers

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 723-742

  Diodato, Dario ^a   Weterings, Anet B R ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commuting flows; Input output network; Regional resilience; Related labour flows

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84937392728     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbu030     Document Type: Article

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