Were communists good human capitalists? The case of the Czech Republic

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-312

  Flanagan, Robert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communism; Czech Republic; Human capital investment; J3; P2; P4; P5; Transition economics; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002328075     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(97)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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