Explanation for public and private service growth in the enlarged EU

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-514

  Di Meglio, Gisela ^a   Stare, Metka ^b   Jaklič, Andreja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Employment; Panel data models; Private services; Public services; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; PANEL DATA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SERVICE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84857264066     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2011.596933     Document Type: Article

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