An Evaluation of Paid Leave: Participation and Labor Market Tightness

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An Evaluation of Paid Leave : Participation and Labor Market Tightness. / Albæk, Karsten.

Cph. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1999.

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Albæk, K 1999 'An Evaluation of Paid Leave: Participation and Labor Market Tightness' Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Cph.

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Albæk, K. (1999). An Evaluation of Paid Leave: Participation and Labor Market Tightness. Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

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Albæk K. An Evaluation of Paid Leave: Participation and Labor Market Tightness. Cph.: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 1999.

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Albæk, Karsten. / An Evaluation of Paid Leave : Participation and Labor Market Tightness. Cph. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1999.

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