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So Many Rocket Scientists, so Few Marketing Clerks : Estimating the Effects of Economic Reform on Occupational Mobility in Estonia
Campos, Nauro F. - 2008
Why do workers change occupations? This paper investigates occupational mobility and its determinants following a large unexpected shock (communism's collapse in 1989.) Our calculations show that from 1989 to 1995 between 35 and 50 percent of Estonian workers changed occupations (classified at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012768180
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Socio-Demographic Model of Gender Gap in Expected and Actual Wages in Estonia
Vassil, Kristjan - 2014
Estonia ranks consistently on top of the list of countries with the largest gender pay gap. However, irrespective of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044407
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Types of Spatial Mobility and the Ethnic Context of Destination Neighbourhoods in Estonia
Mägi, Kadi - 2016
demonstrate that the two largest ethnolinguistic groups in Estonia tend to behave as 'parallel populations' and that residential … integration in Estonia is therefore slow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001871
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Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia
Tammaru, Tiit - 2011
use individual level Estonia Census data in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127312
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Labour Market Reforms and Outcomes in Estonia
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2012
The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110500
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The Effect of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Estonia
Masso, Jaan - 2013
The existing literature on return migration has resulted in several studies analysing the impact of foreign work experience on the returnees' earnings or their decision to become self-employed; however, in this paper we analyse the less studied effect on occupational mobility – how the job in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079159
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Formal Education, Mismatch and Wages after Transition : Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Matching Estimators
Lamo, Ana - 2010
requirements of jobs in Estonia during the years 1997-2003. We find large wage penalties associated with the phenomenon of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141737
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Nonstandard Forms and Measures of Employment and Unemployment in Transition : A Comparative Study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gimpelson, Vladimir; … - 2021
Russia, Romania, and Estonia to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of labor force status. Our … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania … and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317673
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Are Specific Skills an Obstacle to Labor Market Adjustment?
Lamo, Ana - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136774
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Baumol versus Engel : Accounting for 100 Years (1885-1985) of Structural Transformation in Japan
Fukao, Kyoji - 2019
This paper examines the drivers of the long-run structural transformation in Japan. We use a dynamic input-output framework that decomposes the reallocation of the total output across sectors into two components: the Engel effect (demand side) and the Baumol effect (supply side). To perform this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859749