The Ukrainian longitudinal monitoring survey: towards a better understanding of labor markets in transition

IZA Journal of Labor and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lehmann, Hartmut ^a,b   Muravyev, Alexander ^b,c   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Public use data; Survey panel data; Transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983273890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21939020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-9020-1-9     Document Type: Article

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