Cyclical and causal relations between real wages and employment in the EU

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-324

  Dimelis, Sophia P ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; EMPLOYMENT BEHAVIOUR; EUROPEAN UNION; REAL WAGES; THEORETICAL STUDY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0030768010     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497327083     Document Type: Article

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