Benefit morale and cross-country diversity in sick pay entitlements

Kyklos

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-45

  Arnold, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84872160645     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12009     Document Type: Article

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