When Convergence is Crisis-Driven:Evidence From Unemployment Dynamics Across Czech Districts

Jan Belardi

doi:10.2478/revecp-2025-0006

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When Convergence is Crisis-Driven:Evidence From Unemployment Dynamics Across Czech Districts

Review of Economic Perspectives

Volume 25 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)

By: Jan Belardi

Open Access

|May 2026

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