This paper examines the inflation targeting experience in three transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and …

Poland so far. We then develop a model and use it to think about the determinants of the speed of transition and the level of … unemployment. Finally, we return to the role of policy and the future in Poland, as well as the causes of cross-Central European …

Poland, Hungary. and Czechoslovakia and develop a model of changing support for reforms during the transition to a market … massive vacancies. The dispersion of wages increased substantially in Hungary and Poland though not in Czechoslovakia. My … labor arrangements are likely to affect workers' tolerance for the costs of transition; the ability of those who suffer in …

Based on patterns of employment transitions, we identify three different types of workers in the US labor market: α's β …'s and γ's. Workers of type α make up over half of all workers, are most likely to remain on the same job for more than 2 … years and, when they become unemployed, typically find a new job within 1 quarter. Workers of type γ comprise less than one …

- and blue-collar coworkers of the inventor. First results suggest that older workers are hurt by the arrival of an … STEM-educated co-workers. This result suggests that retraining programs could be helpful in making the process of creative …

Academics, the media, and policymakers have all raised concerns about the implications of human workers being replaced … workers. We show that this flexibility can help new firms overcome uncertainty and increase entrepreneurial entry. We develop …

Austria that allowed workers in eligible regions to exit the labor force 3 years earlier compared to workers in non … induced eligible workers to exit the labor force significantly earlier. Instrumental variable estimation results show that for …