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United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany

Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly … different rates of unemployment. These differences may reflect observable and unobservable characteristics of economic actors as …

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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...

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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 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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Unemployment in East and West Europe

Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

unemployment in five former communist economies and in the western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the …In this paper, we use 1991-2005 panel data on the unemployed, vacancies, inflow into unemployment, and outflow from … evolution of unemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies. The comparison of the transition …

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Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia’s Regions

Gimpelson, Vladimir; Treisman, Daniel; Monusova, Galina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

public employment in total employment has been greatest where unemployment was highest and growing the fastest, in ethnically … public employment for several purposes: as a kind of economic insurance to cushion the population against unemployment; as a …

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