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Labor reallocation and firm growth: benchmarking transition countries against mature market economies

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  • Pradeep Mitra
  • Alexander Muravyev
  • Mark Schaffer

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L11, O12, P31. Copyright Mitra et al.; licensee Springer. 2014

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  • Pradeep Mitra & Alexander Muravyev & Mark Schaffer, 2014. "Labor reallocation and firm growth: benchmarking transition countries against mature market economies," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-22, December.
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    Keywords

    Transition; Convergence; Enterprise restructuring; Labor reallocation;
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    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions

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