Fairness and the employment contract: North American regions versus Germany

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-439

  Gerlach, Knut ^a   Levine, David ^a   Stephan, Gesine ^a   Struck, Olaf ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative labour markets; Employment contract; Fairness

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR MARKET; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); UNEMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43449124447     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem040     Document Type: Article

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