Wages, layoffs, and privatization: Evidence from Ukraine

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-294

  Brown, J David ^a   Earle, John S ^b,c   Vakhitov, Volodymyr ^d,e  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Layoffs; Privatization; Ukraine; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646784023     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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