How binding are legal limits? Transitions from temporary to permanent work in Spain

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-183

  Güell, Maia ^a   Petrongolo, Barbara ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duration models; Temporary contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847025370     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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