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Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed

Tyler Ransom
Journal of Human Resources, April 2022, 57 (S) S137-S166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.monopsony.0219-10013R2
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Tyler Ransom is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Oklahoma and a research affiliate at IZA ().
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    • I. Introduction
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