Labor market institutions, wages, and investment: Review and implications

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-75

  Pischke, Jörn Steffen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE;

EID: 27844540790     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/51.1.47     Document Type: Review

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