The determinants of contract length in temporary help employment

Labour

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 453-474

  Nannicini, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; LABOR MARKET;

EID: 33748453855     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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