Friday may never be the same again: Some results on work-sharing from union-firm bargaining models

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 488-516

  Andrews, M J ^a   Simmons, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; LABOR MARKET; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042926532     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00211     Document Type: Article

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