Trends of labour productivity in Italy: A study with panel co-integration methods

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 755-769

  Fachin, Stefano ^a   Gavosto, Andrea ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Labour; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149397856     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721011081581     Document Type: Article

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