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Duration and optimal number of shifts in the labour market

U. SpiegelDepartment of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel;Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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L.D. GonenDepartment of Economics and Business Administration, Ariel University, Ariel, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. WeberFaculty of Business Administration, Ono Academic College and Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Pages 429-432 | Published online: 14 Jan 2014

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