Last in, first out?. Estimating the effect of seniority rules in Sweden

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 987-997

  von Below, David ^a   Thoursie, Peter Skogman ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment change; Employment protection; Hires; Separations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149479361     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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