The reform of the German works constitution act: A critical assessment

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 392-420

  Addison, John T ^a,b   Bellmann, Lutz ^b,c   Schnabel, Claus ^d   Wagner, Joachim ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Volkswirtschaftslehre   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; LEGISLATION; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 2642587128     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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