The reallocation of workers and jobs in Russian industry: New evidence on measures and determinants

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-252

  Brown, J David ^a   Earle, John S ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Job creation; Job destruction; Labour turnover; Russia; Transition; Worker flows

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0041311059     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00146     Document Type: Article

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