privatization and unemployment in postcommunist countries, showing that there is little support for the proposed mechanism by which …

.16 and 0.34, respectively), and controlling for employment size further reduces them (to 0.07 and 0.28). We also exploit the …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

workers whose labor-market experiences are punctuated by spells of involuntary unemployment. They demonstrate that such …

to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of employment and unemployment. Our calculations show … alternative employment rates that are sharply higher in Russia but much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. …

This testimony describes the results of a study of the Employment Service (ES) conducted by Dr. Jacobson and Prof … average duration of unemployment of long-term UI claimants by nine weeks. This was for UI claimants who were unemployed for at …