China's new Labour Contract Law: No harm to employment?

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-572

  Chen, Yu Fu ^a   Funke, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Employment; Labour Contract Law; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049112792     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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