Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical evidence

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 829-842

  Potrafke, Niklas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Globalization; Labor market institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880794019     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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