Unemployment and the Social Safety Net during Transitions to a Market Economy: Evidence from the Czech and Slovak Republics

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1117-1142

  Ham, John C ^a   Svejnar, Jan ^b   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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