The commonality of envelope wages in Eastern European economies

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Williams, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL ECONOMY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65249158471     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775470203     Document Type: Review

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