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The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … – in the period 1988–2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross … and export exposure. We find that the rise of "the East" in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168619
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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822711
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Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-Citizens in the EU: An East-West Comparison
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The starkly different histories and institutions in the eastern and western member states of the European Union (EU) suggest different roles of being non-native in these two regions. In this paper we study the roles of foreign origin and citizenship in the comparative East-West perspective. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763759
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Temporary Labour Migration and Welfare at the New European Fringe: A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070430
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Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using 2005 firm level data for 26 ECA countries, this paper estimates performance gaps between male- and female-owned businesses, while controlling for their location by industry and country. We find that female entrepreneurs have significantly smaller scale of operations (as measured by sales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700969
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Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism 15 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Brunello, Giorgio; Crivellaro, Elena; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
education, and holds for eight CEE economies but not for the East Germans who have studied in the former German Democratic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805615
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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
China's phenomenal growth is accompanied by both relatively low level of standards of living and high inequality. It is widely believe that investing in education could be an effective strategy to promote higher standards of living as well as to reduce inequality. However, little is known about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368922
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Employment and Education Policy for Young People in the EU: What Can New Member States Learn from Old Member States?
Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The EU experience with youth unemployment has changed over recent years with the launch and re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna process. A dramatic shift has taken place from the 1990s emphasis on labour market flexibility as a tool to abate youth long term unemployment to the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703797
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Private Returns to Human Capital over Transition: A Case Study of Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The gradualist approach to economic transition in Belarus would contribute to form the a priori expectation that the rate of return to education is low and the earnings profile by work experience flat, like they supposedly were under central-planning. However, the first available estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703817
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The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates have reduced, in the case of Belarus women’ activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender pay gap. This paper investigates why this is the case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822791