Employment protection legislation in Russia: Regional enforcement and labor market outcomes

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-636

  Gimpelson, Vladimir ^a   Kapelyushnikov, Rostislav ^b   Lukyanova, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PRIMAKOV NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WORLD ECONOMY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

employment; employment protection regulations; enforcement; regional labor markets; Russia; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649603107     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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