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Unemployment and State Sector Insiders During the Economic Transition in Poland

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    Janice Bell & Tomasz Mickiewicz

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    Janice Bell & Tomasz Mickiewicz

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Bell, J., Mickiewicz, T. Unemployment and State Sector Insiders During the Economic Transition in Poland. MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies 7, 131–157 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009555122703

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