The employment effects of labor and product market deregulation and their implications for structural reform

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-619

  Berger, Helge ^a   Danninger, Stephan ^a  

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EID: 34548101453     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450014     Document Type: Article

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