Labour market institutions without blinders: The debate over flexibility and labour market performance

International Economic Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-145

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate data; Flexibility; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644769989     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730500080675     Document Type: Article

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