Boosting Job Growth in the Western Balkans /

Labor markets in the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) are characterized by some of the highest unemployment and low employment rates in Europe. We analyze the poor labor market outcomes in these countries by comparison with the New...

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1. Verfasser: Kovtun, Dmitriy
Weitere Verfasser: Meyer-Cirkel, Alexis, Murgasova, Zuzana, Smith, Dustin
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/016
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
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