"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 …

reducing blue collar unemployment. "--World Bank web site …

the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory …