Does the global economy mean more sweat? Trade, investment, migration and working hours in Europe

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-727

  Burgoon, Brian ^a   Raess, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Globalization; Labor markets; Migration; Time; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053194096     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr007     Document Type: Article

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