Unemployment rate and working-hour constraints: Empirical evidence from the Swiss labour force

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 449-460

  Ramirez, José V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Labour market; Models; Pay; Switzerland; Unemployment; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032358816     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729810233299     Document Type: Review

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