Wages, work intensity and unemployment in Japan, UK and USA

Labour Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 243-258

  Darby, Julia ^a   Hart, Robert A ^b   Vecchi, Michela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

J3; J5; J6; Labour hoarding; Unemployment; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041329782     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(01)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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