Abstract
The construction of the showcase Baikal-Amur Mainline (the BAM), which spans over 2000 miles of unsettled, desolate territory, provides an excellent opportunity to study labor management and organization in a centrally planned economy, and illustrates the interplay of central planning with the relatively unhindered migration of workers. Significantly, in the face of a shrinking labor force, the USSR attracted thousands of young people to Siberia to work on the BAM. Now that the rail line is in place, the more difficult task will be to entice workers to settle in the zone. -from Author
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 716-740 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Eurasian Geography and Economics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences