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Carneiro, Anabela; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

the closing of existing firms, to the dramatic decline of total employment and increase of the unemployment rate. We also …

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The Recent Decline in Employment Dynamics

Hyatt, Henry R.; Spletzer, James R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In recent years, the rate at which workers and businesses exchange jobs has declined in the United States. Between 1998 and 2010, rates of job creation, job destruction, hiring, and separation declined dramatically, and the rate of job-to-job flows fell by about half. Little is known about the...

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Trade Liberalization and Employment Effects in Ukraine

Christev, Atanas; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper addresses the important issue of the effects of trade liberalization on labor market job flows. It studies the case of Ukraine where we view the sudden openness of the economy to trade as a quasi-natural experiment. We use disaggregated data on manufacturing industries and customs...

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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues – including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...

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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We analyze the pace and patterns of job reallocation in Ukraine using 1992-2000 panel data on nearly the surviving universe of manufacturing firms inherited from the Soviet Union. Employment growth displays substantial increase in heterogeneity during this transition period, with a corresponding...

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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects

Konings, Jozef; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using a unique data set of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and the non-manufacturing sector for the years 1998-2000. There are several important findings in the paper. Job...

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Temporary Jobs, Employ Protection and Labor Market Performance

Cahuc, Pierre; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

insiders to firing restrictions does not necessarily worsen unemployment. In fact, it may be the willingness of a majority of … unemployment and deteriorates efficiency. Moreover, we argue, that the concentration of firm ownership is likely to influence labor …

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Unemployment Equilibrium and On-the-Job Search

Burgess, Simon; Turon, Hélène - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

-to-job flows and labour force entries and exits. Employed job search is shown to have a substantial impact on unemployment dynamics … but a negligible one on the level of unemployment. More on-the-job search leads to lower unemployment inflow and outflow …, i.e. a more stagnant unemployment pool. With employed job search, the stock of vacancies is more cyclically sensitive …

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