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In discussing open unregistered unemployed, overmanning, and the use of educational qualifications in the Soviet Union, the last three chapters did not (and could not) avoid the question of the supply of and demand for labour either. Nevertheless, at this juncture the question deserves to be examined systematically, beginning with the alleged shortage of labour at the national level.
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Porket, J.L. (1989). Labour Supply and Demand. In: Work, Employment and Unemployment in the Soviet Union. St Antony’s. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10930-2_9
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