Job Stability Trends, Lay-offs, and Transitions to Unemployment in West Germany

Labour

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-446

  Bergmann, Annette ^a   Mertens, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

C41; J63

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 80155202755     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2011.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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