Labor market institutions and individual absenteeism in the European Union: The relative importance of sickness benefit systems and employment protection legislation

Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-529

  Frick, Bernd ^a,b   Malo, Miguel Á ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MARKET; LEGISLATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 51949113190     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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