Does EMU promote labor-market reforms?

Kyklos

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-536

  Berthold, Norbert ^a   Fehn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; LABOR MARKET; REFORM PROCESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032406105     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1998.tb01434.x     Document Type: Article

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