Job reallocation and productivity growth in a post-socialist economy: Evidence from Slovenian manufacturing

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 388-408

  De Loecker, Jan ^a   Konings, Jozef ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creative destruction; Reallocation; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646259234     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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