The consequences of labor market flexibility: Panel evidence based on survey data

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1225-1259

  Di Tella, Rafael ^a   MacCulloch, Robert ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Job security provisions; Subjective data; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; OECD; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 13444293106     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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