Active labor market policies, job matching and the Czech miracle

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3-5, 1996, Pages 805-817

  Boeri, Tito ^a,b   Burda, Michael C ^c,d  

^a OECD   (France)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active labor market policies; Czech Republic; Matching function

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; JOB MATCHING; LABOUR MARKET POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 0030514484     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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