Measuring the impact of work reorganization on firm performance: Evidence from French manufacturing, 1995-1999

Labour Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 785-798

  Janod, Véronique ^a,b   Saint Martin, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c French Ministry of Labor   (France)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Employment; Organizational change; Productivity; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944247383     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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