Age, seniority and labour costs: Lessons from the Finnish IT revolution

Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 117-175

  Daveri, Francesco ^a   Maliranta, Mika ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE GAP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33845887440     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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