Temporary contracts and employee effort

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-299

  Engellandt, Axel ^a   Riphahn, Regina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Career concerns; Contract related incentives; Moral hazard; Overtime; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144405799     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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