Unemployment in East and West Europe

"In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the evolution of unemployment together with that of in...

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Main Authors: Münich, Daniel, Svejnar, Jan
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2007
IZA
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19189826124919070089-unemployment-in-east-and-West-.htm
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Svejnar, Jan
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Svejnar, Jan
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description "In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the evolution of unemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies. The comparison of the transition economies with an otherwise similar and spatially close market economy is useful because it enables us to identify the main differences and similarities in the evolution of the key variables, and thus draw conclusions as to whether different or similar factors cause high unemployment."
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geographic Czechia
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
transition economies
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is_hierarchy_title Unemployment in East and West Europe
language English
physical 18 p.
Digital
publishDate 2007
publisher Bonn
IZA
spellingShingle Münich, Daniel
Svejnar, Jan
comparison
market economy
statistics
unemployment
Unemployment in East and West Europe
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title Unemployment in East and West Europe
topic comparison
market economy
statistics
unemployment
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19189826124919070089-unemployment-in-east-and-West-.htm