Job protection: The macho hypothesis

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 390-410

  Algan, Yann ^a   Cahuc, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR POLICY; OECD; RELIGION;

EID: 33750335775     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj023     Document Type: Article

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