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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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Income Tax Flattening: Does It Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revives the traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. It overcomes the limitations...

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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … varies by sector, FDI source, business environment (corruption, red tape, level of development), firm's distance to the …

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FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008

Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos; Antal, Gábor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We estimate the wage effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) with universal firm-level and linked employer … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …

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Investment Liberalisation, Technology Take-off and Export Market Entry: Does Foreign Ownership Structure Matter?

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As part of this, existing restrictions on foreign ownership structure and mandatory export and technology transfer requirements imposed on foreign firms have been lifted in a number...

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