Job creation and job destruction in Great Britain in the 1980s

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-38

  Blanchflower, David G ^a   Burgess, Simon M ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008100658     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399605000102     Document Type: Article

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