Policy Complementarities : The Case for Fundamental Labor Market Reform /

This paper argues that an important group of labor market policies are complementary in the sense that the effect of each policy is greater when implemented in conjunction with the other policies than in isolation. This may explain why the diverse, piecemeal labor market reforms in many European cou...

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1. Verfasser: Snower, Dennis
Weitere Verfasser: Coe, David
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/093
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
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