Worker turnover and productivity growth

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 395-398

  Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a   Maliranta, Mika ^b   Vainiomäki, Jari ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 22144490900     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500109790     Document Type: Article

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