The caring hand that cripples: The east german labor market after reunification

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-382

  Snower, Dennis J ^a   Merkl, Christian ^b,c  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CEPR ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 33744528132     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806777212314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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