The Productivity Slowdown, Sectoral Reallocations and the Growth of Atypical Employment Arrangements

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-142

  Magnani, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative employment arrangements; Institutional factors; Mobility; Productivity; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041522315     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025170205015     Document Type: Article

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