Is part-time employment beneficial for firm productivity?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1172-1191

  Künn Nelen, Annemarie ^a   De Grip, Andries ^b   Fouarge, Didier ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation of labor; Heterogeneous labor; Matched employer employee data; Part time employment; Timing of labor demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889563375     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600507     Document Type: Review

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