Can labour market institutions explain high unemployment rates in the new EU member states?

Empirica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-317

  Ederveen, Sjef ^a   Thissen, Laura ^b  

^a Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU accession countries; Labour market institutions; Transition economies; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34547619436     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-006-9030-z     Document Type: Article

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