Policy Complementarities: The Case for Fundamental Labor Market Reform

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-35

  Coe, David T ^a   Snower, Dennis J ^a  

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EID: 0003012829     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/3867495     Document Type: Article

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