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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 - 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 the initial shock, displacement rates in Estonia have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412870
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Employment stability of entrants in newly founded firms: a matching approach using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - 2008
Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299247
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The incidence and cost of job loss in the Ukrainian labor market
Lehmann, Hartmut (contributor);  … - 2005
We examine the effects of economic transition on the pattern and costs of worker displacement in Ukraine, using the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) for the years 1992 to 2002. Displacement rates in the Ukrainian labor market average between 3.4 and 4.8 percent of employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248213
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Women move differently : job separations and gender
Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989704
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Population growth, immigration and labour market dynamics
Elsby, Michael W. L.; Smith, Jennifer C.; Wadsworth, … - 2021
role in the volatility of labour markets among both the UK-born and, especially, immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698331
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The role of worker flows in the dynamics and distribution of UK unemployment
Elsby, Michael W. L.; Smith, Jennifer C.; Wadsworth, … - 2011
Unemployment varies substantially over time and across subgroups of the labour market. Worker flows among labour market … states act as key determinants of this. We examine how the structure of unemployment across groups and its cyclical movements … last 35 years, we decompose unemployment variation into parts accounted for by changes in rates of job loss, job finding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309634
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How fast do newly founded firms mature? Empirical analyses on job quality in start-ups
Brixy, Udo; Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2004
Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyzes labour fluctuation and wage setting in a cohort of newly founded and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. We show empirically that start-ups tend to have higher labour turnover rates, ceteris paribus. Moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297202
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Women move differently: Job separations and gender
Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302606