Product market reforms, labour market institutions and unemployment

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 519, 2007, Pages

  Griffith, Rachel ^a   Harrison, Rupert ^a   Macartney, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LABOR MARKET; OECD; REFORM PROCESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 34250351341     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02039.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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