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Determinants of Employment Growth at MNEs: Evidence from Egypt, India, South Africa and Vietnam
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Meyer, Klaus; Estrin, Saul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Foreign investors are expected to contribute to economic development through a variety of channels. However, many foreign investment operations are small, and almost insignificant in their impact on the local environment. An important indication of the potential contribution of foreign investors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784688
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Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus
Brixiova, Zuzana; Volchok, Vera - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low … official unemployment, combined with a low share of the private sector in the aggregate employment. However, the cumulative …, and the youth unemployment remains high. The mismatch in skills between the unemployed and the vacancies and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652632
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WAGE DETERMINATION: PRIVATISED, NEW PRIVATE AND STATE OWNED COMPANIES. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA
Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Bishop, Kate - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of wage pressure in large companies, including ownership characteristics and the impact of regional labour markets. By using a panel of 329 Polish largest firms during the period 1997- 2001, we find evidence of rent sharing activities, however there is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784708
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Transatlantic Differences in Labour Markets: Changes in Wage and Non-Employment Structures in the 1980s and the 1990s
Puhani, Patrick A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain and rising continental European unemployment have led to a popular view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652543
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Unemployment and finance: how do financial and labour market factors interact?
Gatti, Donatella; Rault, Christophe; Vaubourg, Anne-Gael - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
interact to determine unemployment by estimating a dynamic panel model using the system generalized method of moments (GMM). We … as well as decreased banking concentration reduce unemployment if the level of labour market regulation, union density …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528989
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Middle East Transitions: A Long, Hard Road
Yusuf, Shahid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Countries in Transition, ACTs) has slowed already sluggish growth; worsened unemployment, particularly of youth; undermined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142081
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Economic Reform and Changing Patterns of Labor Force Participation in Urban and Rural China
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James; Zhang, Dandan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
In this project, we employ data from the Chinese population censuses of 1982, 1990, and 2000 to examine reform-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men’s and women’s occupational attainment. Very marked patterns of change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677410
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Labor Productivity in Transition: A Regional Analysis of Russian Industry
Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1998
This paper examines within-industry variation in labor productivity at the beginning of Russia's transition process in 1992, as well as regional variation in the percentage of firms that exhibit below industry average labor productivity. The main hypothesis is that industries and regions where a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677504
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Participation Behavior of East German Women after German Unification
Bonin, Holger; Euwals, Rob - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
The paper studies the determinants of labor force participation by East German women after unification. To isolate the role of preferences on labor force participation from individual characteristics, we develop a panel data model that simultaneously explains participation, employment, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677540
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SELF-SELECTION AND EARNINGS DURING VOLATILE TRANSITION
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status – not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment – and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677636