Explaining the puzzling persistence of restrictions on seasonal farm labour in Germany

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 707-728

  Hess, Sebastian ^a   Von Cramon Taubadel, Stephan ^b   Zschache, Ulrike ^b   Theuvsen, Ludwig ^b   Kleinschmit, Daniela ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; Monte Carlo Markov Chain; Poisson change point model; political economy; seasonal farm workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864643256     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr057     Document Type: Review

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