Job growth in early transition: Comparing two paths

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-320

  Jurajda, Stěpan ^a   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size distribution; Job creation; Job destruction; Start ups; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH DETERMINATION; LABOR MARKET; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA;

EID: 0041311031     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00148     Document Type: Article

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