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Labor Markets and Labor Market Institutions in Transition Economies

Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as of Central Asia over the last two decades. The main focus is on the evolution of labor market institutions, which are among candidate...

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How Important Are Labor Market Institutions for Labor Market Performance in Transition Countries?

Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and labor market performance in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which in the last two decades experienced radical economic and institutional transformations. Based...

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Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurship

Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the … entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business … employment hazard, it has no effect on entrepreneurship. We speculate that this reflects the programs' one-sided focus on job …

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Creative Unemployment

Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

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