Firing costs, employment fluctuations and average employment: An examination of Germany

Economica

Volumn 67, Issue 266, 2000, Pages 177-202

  Hunt, Jennifer ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034097047     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00203     Document Type: Article

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