Labor market regulation and labor market performance: Evidence based on surveys among senior business executives

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Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-540

  Feldmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0345118875     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0023-5962.2003.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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