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Unemployment in Transition - Restructuring and Labour Markets in Central Europe (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,283
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Unemployment in Transition - Restructuring and Labour Markets in Central Europe (Hardcover): Janice Bell, Tomasz Mickiewicz

Unemployment in Transition - Restructuring and Labour Markets in Central Europe (Hardcover)

Janice Bell, Tomasz Mickiewicz

Series: Economies in Transition to the Market

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The emergence of open unemployment is an unavoidable consequence of postcommunist transition. Some countries - notably in the former Soviet Union - initially slowed economic contraction. But in the longer run slower reformers have generally sustained deeper and more prolonged recessions than faster reforming central European countries. Moreover, the initially low unemployment rates in the former Soviet Union are now rising, and may stabilize at higher post-transition equilibrium rates than in Central Europe. Across the region, real wages reacted in unexpected ways, with significant effects for employment. Productivity gains in Central European industry tended not to be passed along into proportional real wage increases, slowing inflows into unemployment. In addition, and contrary to some earlier assessments, the restructuring process affected not only wage structures, but also the level of unemployment over time. An important constraint on post-socialist countries' response to unemployment is the role served by EU social insurance and labour law standards as guides to countries' progress toward "normal" economic systems. When considering the possible impact of EU integration and ha

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Economies in Transition to the Market
Release date: 2001
First published: 2000
Authors: Janice Bell • Tomasz Mickiewicz
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 978-90-5823-103-1
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General
LSN: 90-5823-103-8
Barcode: 9789058231031

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