Women's unemployment during transition. Evidence from Czech and Slovak micro-data

Economics of Transition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-78

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech Rep; Slovak Rep; Unemployment duration; Unemployment policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0033053825     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00004     Document Type: Article

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