Policy influences on unemployment: The European experience

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-418

  Pissarides, Christopher A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032725710     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00140     Document Type: Article

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