War of the models: Which labour market institutions for the 21st century?

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2; B4; Capitalist systems; Collective bargaining; Comparative economic systems; Inequality; J00; J3; J5; J6; Labour market institutions; P1; P5; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001920406     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(98)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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