Flexibility at the margin and labour market volatility: The case of Spain

Investigaciones Economicas

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-178

  Sala, Hector ^a   Silva, José I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firing costs; Flexibility at the margin; Labour market volatility; Labour productivity; Matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954772004     PISSN: 02101521     EISSN: 15754367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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