Mind the gap: Unemployment in the new eu regions

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-113

  Ferragina, Anna Maria ^a   Pastore, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Labour turnover; Optimal speed of transition; Regional unemployment; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MOBILITY; MARKET TRANSITION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38849130629     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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