Employment and output adjustment in the OECD: A disaggregate analysis of the role of job security provisions

Economica

Volumn 67, Issue 267, 2000, Pages 419-435

  Burgess, Simon ^a   Knetter, Michael ^b   Michelacci, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEMFI ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EXCHANGE RATE; LABOR MARKET; OECD; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WAGE;

EID: 0033834366     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00216     Document Type: Article

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