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Employment Protection in Industrialized Countries: The Case for New Indicators

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Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards

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  1. Giuseppe Bertola
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  1. International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland

    David Kucera

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Bertola, G., Boeri, T., Cazes, S. (2007). Employment Protection in Industrialized Countries: The Case for New Indicators. In: Kucera, D. (eds) Qualitative Indicators of Labour Standards. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5310-8_9

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