The changing demand for skills: Evidence from the transition

Economics of Transition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-221

  Commander, Simon ^a   Kollo, Janos ^b  

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

^b Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Human capital; Hungary; Job reallocation; Romania; Russia; Transition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; MARKET TRANSITION; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40949145782     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2008.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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