Labour market institutions: An obstacle or support to Latvian labour market recovery?

Baltic Journal of Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-23

  Zasova, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

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EID: 80052077673     PISSN: 1406099X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1406099X.2011.10840488     Document Type: Review

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