Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labor market reforms?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 621-642

  Belot, Michèle ^a   van Ours, Jan C ^b,c  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MARKET; OECD; REFORM PROCESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 6344229776     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf057     Document Type: Article

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