Preference for Public Sector Jobs and Wait Unemployment: A Micro Data Analysis
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- Asma Hyder, 2007. "Preference for Public Sector Jobs and Wait Unemployment : A Micro Data Analysis," Labor Economics Working Papers 22196, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
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Keywords
Wage Differentials; Wage Structure; Unemployment: Models; Duration; Incidence; and Job Search;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2007-04-21 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2007-04-21 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2007-04-21 (Labour Economics)
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