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Monastiriotis, V. (2006). A Panel of Regional Indicators of Labour Market Flexibility: the UK, 1979–998. In: Caroleo, F.E., Destefanis, S. (eds) The European Labour Market. AIEL Series in Labour Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1680-9_11
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