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Returns to education in the public and private sectors : Europe and Central Asia
Montenegro, Claudio M.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2022
The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...
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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009
Muravyev, Alexander - 2010
former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II … the former USSR with respect to firing costs were extremely rigid and were subsequently liberalized by the 15 successor … decades. By now, the ex-USSR states as a group do not differ that much from the EU-15 and OECD countries in terms of the …
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Maternity benefits and marital stability after birth : evidence from the Soviet Baltic republics
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2023
Can a policy intervention in the stressful first year after a birth affect marital stability? We examine this question using a large expansion in maternity benefits in 1982 in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The program provided partially paid leave until the child's first...
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Rainfall variability and labor allocation in Uzbekistan : the role of women's empowerment
Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga; Alimukhamedova, … - 2023
that rainfall variability induces the reallocation of labor supply: (i) out of agriculture to unemployment, (ii) from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014338461
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The post-enlargement migration experience in the Baltic labor markets
Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - 2011
We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311534
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Labour market flexibility and employment protection regulation in the Baltic States
Eamets, Raul (contributor); Masso, Jaan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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How important are labor market institutions for labor market performance in transition countries?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2009
This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and labor market performance in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which in the last two decades experienced radical economic and institutional transformations. Based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932422
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Youth labour markets in Europe and Central Asia
O'Higgins, Shane Niall - 2010
Transition to the market economy in ECA opened up a range of potential opportunities for young people. It has also raised a series of challenges. Youth unemployment and joblessness have emerged as serious problems with the potentially very high costs. Formal Education and Training systems have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779951
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Labor markets and labor market institutions in transition economies
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2011
This paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as of Central Asia over the last two decades. The main focus is on the evolution of labor market institutions, which are among candidate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312040
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Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia
Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir; Kröger, Antje; … - 2012
This paper summarizes the micro - level survey evidence from Central Asia generated and analyzed between 1991 and 2012. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household - level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -...
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