Education and wages in the Czech and Slovak Republics during transition

Labour Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 581-593

  Filer, Randall K ^a,b,c   Jurajda, Štěpán ^b,c   Plánovský, Ján ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Education; Slovak Republic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033227737     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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