The labour market in Switzerland: The end of a special case?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 369-395

  Flückiger, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Immigrants; Industrial relations; Switzerland; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032346863     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729810233190     Document Type: Article

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