Is a stable workforce good for productivity?

International Labour Review

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-343

  Auer, Peter ^a   Berg, Janine ^a   Coulibaly, Ibrahim ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 30944433574     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2005.tb00571.x     Document Type: Article

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