Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities: Europe versus North America

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 55-74

  Nickell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007708619     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.3.55     Document Type: Article

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