Explaining the low labor productivity in East Germany - A spatial analysis

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Fuchs Schündeln, Nicola ^a   Izem, Rima ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial allocation of labor; Transferability of human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856209186     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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