Chapter 46 Labor market institutions and economic performance

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3029-3084

  Nickell, Stephen ^a   Layard, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956755659     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30037-7     Document Type: Review

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