The incidence and cost of job loss in the Ukrainian labor market

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-271

  Lehmann, Hartmut ^a,b,c,d   Pignatti, Norberto ^a,b   Wadsworth, Jonathan ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displaced workers; Labor markets in transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646767838     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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