Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching
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- Michele Pellizzari, 2011. "Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 49(1), pages 25-53, March.
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Keywords
recruitment; matching; labour turnover; hiring;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2005-12-09 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2005-12-09 (Labour Economics)
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