Two tier reforms of employment protection: A honeymoon effect?

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 521, 2007, Pages

  Boeri, Tito ^a,b   Garibaldi, Pietro ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FIRM SIZE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347395729     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02060.x     Document Type: Article

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