How much does hiring and firing cost? Survey evidence from a sample of Italian firms

Labour

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-449

  Del Boca, Alessandra ^a   Rota, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LABOR MARKET; RECRUITMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0032413896     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00074     Document Type: Article

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