Chapter 42 Labor markets in the transitional Central and East European economies

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 2809-2857

  Svejnar, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77956730483     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)30028-6     Document Type: Review

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