This paper studies interactions between labor market institutions and unemployment dynamics in transition economies. It … main conclusions arises. First, higher unemployment benefits increase steady-state unemployment, and, during the transition … theoretically speed up the elimination of state sector jobs without affecting steady-state unemployment. These results are broadly …

impact on aggregate labor market performance and unemployment. In a two-sector labor market model with free mobility of labor …

unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If sequencing is required, starting with PMRs would be more effective in boosting … output, while starting with LMRs would reduce unemployment faster. Finally, increasing unemployment benefits would be more …