Employment protection in industrialized countries: The case for new indicators

International Labour Review

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-72

  Bertola, Giuseppe ^a,d   Boeri, Tito ^b   Cazes, Sandrine ^c  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c International Labour Office   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0034118701     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2000.tb00402.x     Document Type: Article

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