Unemployment and labor-market reform: A contract theoretic approach

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 641-656

  Grüner, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Labor market reform; Political deadlocks; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; REFORM PROCESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0036989859     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00306     Document Type: Article

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