Labor market institutions and their effect on labor market performance in the new EU member countries

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 57-83

  Fialová, Kamila ^a   Schneider, Ondřej ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MINIMUM WAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 67650445446     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775470303     Document Type: Article

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