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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. - 2002
Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues - including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412846
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Understanding interhousehold transfers in a transition economy : evidence from Russia
Kuhn, Randall; Stillman, Steven - 2002
-age populations in the world). Informal networks in Russia are likely to take on distinctive characteristics as the country's economic … found in much wealthier countries. Although it is often assumed that the elderly in Russia are a highly vulnerable economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413334
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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. - 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/10011415087
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Transition from plan to market, height and well-being
Adserà, Alícia; Dalla Pozza, Francesca; Guriev, Sergej; … - 2019
Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of transition are shorter than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121301
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Equilibrium wage arrears : a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional lock-in
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2000
payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339102
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Entrepreneurship from scratch : lessons on the entry decision into self-employment from transition economies
Earle, John S.; Saková, Zuzana - 1999
This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable "quasi-experiment" for understanding the sources of entrepreneurship. A relative demand-supply model and an individual sectoral choice model are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316912
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Tenures that shook the world : worker turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 1999
flatter in Russia than and steeper and lower in Poland than in Britain. The characteristics of workers hired in the state and … new private sector jobs in Russia appear to offer wage premia relative to new state jobs. We argue that these observations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317475
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Gross job flows in Russian industry before and after reforms : has destruction become more creative?
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2001
This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403410
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Worker training in a restructuring economy : evidence from the Russian transition
Berger, Mark C.; Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2001
occupational mobility, their labor force transitions, and their wage growth in Russia compared to the U.S. We hypothesize that the … shock of economic liberalization in Russia may raise the benefits of training, particularly retraining for new jobs, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403761
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Marshall and labour demand in Russia : going back to basics
Konings, Jozef; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2001
rules seems a promising avenue for establishing some of the driving forces, which are behind labour demand in Russia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403873