Does the opening of Central and Eastern Europe threaten employment in the West?

World Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-601

  Abraham, Filip ^a   Konings, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032803872     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00218     Document Type: Article

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