The wage-local unemployment relationship in a highly regulated labour market: Greece

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-400

  Livanos, Ilias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Greece; Local labour markets; Philips curve; Wage curve

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; OECD; REGIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

GREECE;

EID: 77951680980     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802251486     Document Type: Article

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