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The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in a Transition Economy: Displaced Workers in Estonia, 1989-1999
Lehmann, Hartmut; Phillips, Kaia; Wadsworth, Jonathan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
We examine the pattern and costs of worker displacement in one of the more reform- oriented transition countries …, Estonia, as the transition process develops. Using Labour Force Survey data covering the period 1989-1999, we show that after … Western countries, a fact one might attribute more to the nature of the transition process than to wage setting institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677686
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Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
diverged so much over the transition period while the skill composition of employment did not. Our approach in analyzing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652616
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Law, Relationship, and Private Enforcement: Transactional Strategies of Russian Enterprise
Hendley, Kathryn; Murrell, Peter; Ryterman, Randi - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1998
We examine how Russian enterprises do business with one another, focusing on the strategies used to obtain efficiency and predictability in their transactions. Using survey data, the paper analyzes the relative importance of relational contracting, self-enforcement, enterprise networks, private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677724
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Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in France and the United States
Lefranc, Arnaud - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
The objective of this paper is to provide a comparative assessment of the consequences of worker displacement in France and the United States. I estimate wage losses of displaced workers in the two countries and examine the relative contribution of two important sources of post-displacement wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784630
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Long-Term Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits and Social Assistance: The Polish Experience
Gora, Marek; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Gora, Marek; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997
assistance in post-transition Poland. To provide a solid foundation for a discussion of these issues, the paper extensively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784728
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The Echo of Job Displacement
Eliason, Marcus; Storrie, Donald - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This paper examines whether the loss of a job increases the likelihood of future difficulties on the labour market. We study displacement resulting from all plant closures (with ten or more employees) in Sweden in 1987 and follow their labor market outcome up to 1999. The control group is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784783
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Labor Market Institutions and Restructuring: Evidence from Regulated and Unregulated Labor Markets in Brazil
Hoek, Jasper - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
This paper compares patterns of hiring and separations in regulated and unregulated labor markets over the last two decades in Brazil, with an eye toward gauging the effects of employment protection on employment adjustment over the business cycle. Since the difference between the sectors is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651500
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Unemployment Benefit Entitlement and Training Effects in Poland during Transition
Puhani, Patrick - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999
increase in the incidence of registered unemployment at the beginning of the transition process. In addition, we analyse the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677705
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How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*
Giles, John; Park, Albert; Cai, Fang - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the nature and magnitude of shocks to employment and worker benefits during the period of economic structuring from 1996 to 2001, and evaluate the extent to which adversely affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677732
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Job Search Behavior of Unemployed in Russia
Smirnova, Natalia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This paper explores the determinants of job search behavior, search intensity and choices of search methods of the unemployed workers in transitional Russia. We use pooled data from rounds 5-9 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to estimate the effects of socio-economic factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005489879