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Economic Performance and Unemployment: Evidence from an Emerging Economy - Turkey

Berument, Hakan; Dogan, Nukhet; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This article examines whether various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on overall unemployment rate … and the unemployment rate by different levels of education in Turkey. These effects are assessed for total, male and … female unemployment rates separately. To examine the relationship, a quarterly VAR model with a recursive order is employed …

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...

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Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer’s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local labor market, resulting in a strategic complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763706

Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and non-payment of wages, in Russia during the 1990s. Existing research on wage arrears most...

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Output-Employment Relationship across Sectors: A Long- versus Short-Run Perspective

Sahin, Afsin; Tansel, Aysit; Berument, Hakan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the period 1988-2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output with...

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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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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth Under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition

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

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity growth? This paper studies the extreme case of economic system change and alternative transitional policies in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual...

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Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...

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Are Labor Force Participation Rates Really Non-Stationary? Evidence from Three OECD Countries

Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

unemployment rates about the behavior of labor markets and the causes of joblessness are useful. …

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