Job creation, job destruction, labour mobility and wages in Poland, 1988-1998

Economics of Transition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-530

  Jackson, John E ^a   Mach, Bogdan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Institute of Political Studies   (Poland)

Author keywords

Labour mobility; Poland; Transition economics

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MOBILITY; PRIVATE SECTOR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 67649135192     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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