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The French first employment contract: efficient screening device or Kleenex contract?

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  • Serife Genc

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  • Mehmet Bac & Serife Genc, 2009. "The French first employment contract: efficient screening device or Kleenex contract?," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 98(1), pages 77-88, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:98:y:2009:i:1:p:77-88
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-009-0080-0
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    Keywords

    French labor law reform; Contracts; Efficient screening; J38; J41;
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    JEL classification:

    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts

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