Chapter 45 Microeconomic perspectives on aggregate labor markets

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2985-3028

  Bertola, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 77957134841     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30036-5     Document Type: Review

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