Wage arrears uncertainty and precautionary saving in Russia

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-512

  Guariglia, Alessandra ^a   Kim, Byung Yeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Precautionary saving; Wage arrears

Indexed keywords

SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; WAGE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0142057048     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00159     Document Type: Article

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