From wage suppression to sovereign debt crisis in Western Europe: Who pays for the costs of the crisis?

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 51-69

  Onaran, Özlem ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Employment; Public debt; Unemployment; Wage share; Wages; Western Europe.

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953888386     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2011.039575     Document Type: Article

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