The European employment strategy: Towards more and better jobs?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-434

  Raveaud, Gilles ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249099309     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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