Unemployment Reduction in Canada: Lessons from Japan and Sweden;La Réduction du Chômage au Canada : Leçons du Japon et de la Suède

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-201

  Harcourt, J Mark ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 2542457799     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/051080ar     Document Type: Article

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