Non-wage labour costs, policy uncertainty and labour demand - A theoretical assessment

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-709

  Chen, Yu Fu ^a   Funke, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 30744472987     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Review

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