The Labor Market Consequences of Gender Differences in Job Search.

This paper uses data from an Internet-based CV database to investigate if women are more restrictive than men in their choice of search area, and if this is of importance in the early stages of the hiring process. We show that women are less likely to search in the metropolitan areas or far away fro...

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Publicado en:Journal of Labor Research Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 303 - 328
Autores principales: Eriksson, Stefan, Lagerström, Jonas
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2012
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          Department of Economics, Uppsala University, SE-751 20 Uppsala Sweden
          School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20500 Åbo Finland
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