Does worksharing work? Some empirical evidence from the IAB-establishment panel

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-176

  Andrews, M J ^a   Schank, T ^b   Simmons, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 20444431553     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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