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Socio-demographic Model of Gender Gap in Expected and Actual Wages in Estonia
Vassil, Kristjan; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Estonia ranks consistently on top of the list of countries with the largest gender pay gap. However, irrespective of …
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Labour Market Reforms and Outcomes in Estonia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646327
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Job Creation and Job Destruction in Estonia: Labour Reallocation and Structural Changes
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This article documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Estonia over the years 1995-2001, using a … database containing the population of officially registered firms in Estonia (all in all 52,000). Our results show that job … creation and job destruction rates have been rather high in Estonia and are comparable to the levels documented for the US. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703200
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Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths
Jurajda, Stepán; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
planning and ask about differences in job creation across two different transition economies: Estonia, which experienced rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822495
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Creative Destruction and Transition: The Effects of Firm Entry and Exit on Productivity Growth in Estonia
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, particularly, on the processes of firm … Estonia during the observed period from 1995 to 2001, resulting from low institutional entry barriers and emergence of the SME …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762424
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Slovakia: A Catching Up Euro Area Member In and Out of the Crisis
Fidrmuc, Jarko; Klein, Caroline; Price, Robert; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
are less positive. This development is compared with Estonia and Slovenia, two other small and very open economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627856
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Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia
Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; Leetmaa, Kadri; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
use individual level Estonia Census data in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922957
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The Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises
Masso, Jaan; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour force and for coping with the requirements of the European Monetary Union. In this paper we apply a novel approach to the issue of labour market flexibility in transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762198
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Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?
Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jimenez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884381
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583