Returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-123

  Münich, Daniel ^a   Svejnar, Jan ^b   Terrell, Katherine ^b  

^a CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 15944392855     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053327559     Document Type: Article

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