Effects of employment protection on worker and job flows: Evidence from the 1990 Italian reform

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-95

  Kugler, Adriana ^a   Pica, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employment Volatility; European Unemployment; Firms' Entry and Exit; Unjust Dismissal Costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249033782     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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