requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of …

turbulence; a large economy with rigid labor markets, Poland, and a small open economy with increased flexibility, Estonia. We … unemployment compared to Estonia during the period of EU enlargement. Traditional labor market institutions (wage rigidity and …

In this paper we document and analyse gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria …

, 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 fallen back to levels observed in several western economies, as the … economy picks up. The incidence of displacement is also similar to that in the West - concentrated on the less skilled and …

planning and ask about differences in job creation across two different transition economies: Estonia, which experienced rapid …

This paper uses individual-level data to characterize economy-wide job creation and destruction during periods of … communist economy to provide evidence on selected macroeconomic theories of reallocation with frictions. We find that gradualism …

rapid economic convergence. The case of Estonia is used, and micro data from the Labour Force Survey from 1989 to 2020 are … wage gap was as large as 41% at the end of the communist period in Estonia. The large gender wage gap under communist rule …