The paper tests three hypotheses about the causes of unemployment in the Central-East European transition economies and in a benchmark market economy (Western part of Germany). The first hypothesis (H1) is that unemployment is caused by inefficient matching. Hypothesis 2 (H2) is that unemployment is caused by low demand. Hypothesis 3 (H3) is that restructuring is at work. Our estimates suggest that the west and east German parts of Germany, Czech...
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2009/01/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS4810
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Unemployment and worker-firm matching : theory and evidence from east and west Europe
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returns to scale