Are institutional rigidities at the root of European unemployment?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 771-787

  Schettkat, Ronald ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ronald Sage Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative economic systems; Employment determination; Macroeconomic policy; Wages and labour costs

Indexed keywords

COST; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0348164789     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/27.6.771     Document Type: Article

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