Hiring and dismissal costs in theory and practice: A comparison of institutional constraints and employment adjustment patterns in six OECD countries

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Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-368

  Kraft, Kornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT CHANGE; LABOUR MARKET; OECD COUNTRY;

EID: 0031422007     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6435.00020     Document Type: Review

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