Non-uniformity of job-matching in a transition economy - A nonparametric analysis for the Czech Republic

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 695-714

  Profit, Stefan ^a   Sperlich, Stefan ^b  

^a Bundesministerium F Wirtsch Arbeit   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; METHODOLOGY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2342472798     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000222070     Document Type: Article

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