The global economic crisis and regional divides in the European union: Spatial patterns of unemployment in Estonia and Poland

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-79

  Marksoo, Ülle ^a   Białasiewicz, Luiza ^b   Best, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core periphery model; Economic transition; Estonia; European Union; Global financial crisis; Poland; Regional labor markets; Underemployment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LABOR MARKET; MARKET TRANSITION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ESTONIA; POLAND;

EID: 76949090816     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.1.52     Document Type: Article

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