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Re-employment Probabilities and Wage Offer Function for Russian Labor Market
Smirnova, Natalia V. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This research addresses labor market transformation in Russia. It elaborates on the theory of job search and focuses on …; and (2) estimation of wage offer distribution for the transforming labor market. We use data from Phase II of the Russia … offers. The binomial logit-OLS estimation method with sample selection bias correction on pooled data from Rounds 5-9 of RLMS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652585
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore … reforming Russia than in “gradualist” Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207903
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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
adjustments have become more sensitive to adjustment costs during the transition, but worker and manager ownership are associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677721
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Motivating Russian Workers: Analysis of Age and Gender Differences
Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
three regions of Russia to analyze the gender and generational differences in factors influencing motivation to work. Five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651495
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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677440
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Fighting “Low Equilibria” by Doubling the Minimum Wage ? Hungary’s Experiment
Kertei, Gábor; János Köll? - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
In January 2001 the Hungarian government increased the minimum wage from Ft 25,500 to Ft 40,000. One year later the wage floor rose further to Ft 50,000. The paper looks at the short-run impact of the first hike on small-firm employment and flows between employment and unemployment. It finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677582
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The Marketing Structure in Agribusiness during the Transition in Bulgaria
Murray, Steve; Staykov, Yordan; Katzerov, Valentin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
Bulgaria is moving toward a food processing and marketing system which resembles that of Western Europe and the U.S. Large grocery chains from Germany, Austrai and Turkey are building supermarkets and hypermarkets in Bulgaria’s larger cities. However, income in Bulgaria remains much lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677642
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The Gender Pay Gap in the Transition from Communism: Some Empirical Evidence
Newell, Andrew; Reilly, Barry - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000
This short paper investigates the path through the 1990s of the gender pay gap in a number of former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The main findings are that the gender pay gap has not exhibited, in general, an upward tendency over the transitional period to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652603
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Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus
Brixiova, Zuzana; Volchok, Vera - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
In most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the transition to market … fall in employment since 1990 has been similar to other transition economies, leading to a sharp reduction of labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652632
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Job Satisfaction Among Russian Workers
Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Why do Russians work without wages? This paper investigates the extent to which job satisfaction and attitude toward work in general may account for the observed behavior of Russian workers. To analyze the level and determinants of job satisfaction among Russian workers, this paper utilizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677400