Low-wage employment in Europe: A review of the evidence

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-292

  Lucifora, Claudio ^a   McKnight, Abigail ^b   Salverda, Wiemer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labour market institutions; Low wage employment; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644382283     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwi011     Document Type: Review

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