Welfare-improving employment protection

Economica

Volumn 74, Issue 295, 2007, Pages 381-396

  Belot, Michèle ^a   Boone, Jan ^b   Van Ours, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; MINIMUM WAGE; OECD; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 34447542586     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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