Asset specificity, institutional complementarities and the variety of skill regimes in coordinated market economies

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-406

  Busemeyer, Marius R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Labor market institutions; Political economy; Skills; Training; Varieties of capitalism; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650483375     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwp009     Document Type: Article

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