Statutory firing costs and lay-offs in Canada

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-168

  Friesen, Jane ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Firing costs; Lay offs; Mandatory notice; Severance

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644418528     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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