Identifying the potential of work-sharing as a job-creation strategy

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-287

  Skuterud, Mikal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 34247205900     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511379     Document Type: Article

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