Certifiably employable? Occupational regulation and unemployment duration.
Occupational regulation is a labor market institution that has received a growing amount of attention. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the relationship between occupational credentials and unemployment duration in the United States. Thus, we propose a random search model to expla...
| Publicado en: | Southern Economic Journal Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 1035 - 1060 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2024
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