Regional unemployment and productivity in Europe

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-192

  Basile, Roberto ^a   De Benedictis, Luca ^b  

^a Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses ISAE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel; Labour productivity; Oligopoly; Regional unemployment; Semiparametrics

Indexed keywords

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OLIGOPOLY; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49949093511     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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