Regional unemployment and its persistence in transition countries

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-288

  Bornhorst, Fabian ^a   Commander, Simon ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobility; Regional unemployment; Transition

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33744523104     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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