Measuring the Utility Cost of Temporary Employment Contracts Before Adaptation: A Conjoint Analysis Approach

Economica

Volumn 77, Issue 308, 2010, Pages 688-709

  Pouliakas, Konstantinos ^a   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; SKILLED LABOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957113575     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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