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Job search behavior of unemployed in Russia

Smirnova, Natalia V. - EconWPA - 2004

unemployed workers in transitional Russia. We use pooled data from rounds 5-9 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS … metropolitan areas of Moscow and St. Petersburg differs substantially from the behavior of workers living elsewhere in Russia. The … most frequently used search strategy in Russia, as in other countries, is contacting friends and relatives for job leads. …

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Vertical Restructuring of the Infrastructure Sectors of Transition Economies

Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001

One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and … it to the railroad, electricity, and telecommunications sectors in Russia, Lithuania, Romania, and Poland. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134435

Latvia: Working Too Hard?

Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides an assessment of employment and working conditions in Latvia before and immediately after the EU accession. The issues addressed include self-employment, multiple jobs, fixed-term contracts, unreported wages, overtime, unsocial working hours, health and safety at work, social...

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Transitions from unemployment in Poland: a multinomial logit analysis

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents the multinomial logit analysis based on the individual Polish LFS data stretched over the 1997 …

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Optimal Unemployment Insurance and Voting

Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005

following a policy change are analysed. Accounting for this transition has an important influence on the voting outcome. …

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How to Finance Unemployment Benefits in an Economy with Search Generated Equilibrium Unemployment

Weiss, Pia - EconWPA - 2001

In this paper, the effects of alternatives to finance unemployment benefits on employment and wages are examined in a model with search generated equilibrium unemployment. It is demonstrated that employment improves if a value--added tax is levied, as opposed to a social system contribution,...

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New Capital Estimates for China

Holz, Carsten A. - EconWPA - 2005

Data on physical capital are an indispensable part of economic growth and efficiency studies. In the case of China, fixed asset time series are usually derived either by aggregating gross fixed capital formation data over time, net of depreciation, or by correcting the limited official fixed...

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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

with multinomial logit of transitions on Polish labor market. Then we turn to the role played educational system in the …

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The workers' value of the remaining employment contract duration

Ommeren, Jos Van; Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005

This paper introduces and applies a method for estimating workers' marginal willingness to pay for job attributes employing data on job search activity. Worker's willingness to pay for the remaining duration of the employment contract is derived. We provide evidence that workers attach...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556782

New Capital Estimates for China

Holz, Carsten A - EconWPA - 2005

Data on physical capital are an indispensable part of economic growth and efficiency studies. In the case of China, economy-wide fixed asset series are usually derived by aggregating gross fixed capital formation (net of depreciation) over time, and sectoral/ownership-specific series by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412585

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