The role of short-time work schemes during the global financial crisis and early recovery: a cross-country analysis

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hijzen, Alexander ^a   Martin, Sebastien ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Global financial crisis; Partial unemployment benefits; Work sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983316085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9004-2-5     Document Type: Article

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