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The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies

Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...

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Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer’s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local labor market, resulting in a strategic complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on...

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Does Development Reduce Migration?

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...

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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the “other people”, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles “other people” play in influencing an...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants during Transition and Enlargements

Andrén, Daniela; Roman, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The change in Romanian political regime in 1989 has lifted the barriers for population circulation and mobility that were further more amplified in 2002 by the liberalization of Romanians' circulation in the Schengen space. In such context, the aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent...

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The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and employment. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model, controlling for endogenous initial condition and unobserved heterogeneity, using a large representative Swedish panel...

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Eastern Enlargement and EU-Labour-Markets: Perceptions, Challenges and Opportunities

Boeri, Tito; Bruecker, Herbert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long … persons which is expected to be reached around 30 years after the liberalisation of labour movements. Net immigration inflows …, where immigration from the CEECs-10 is concentrated. In the final section of the paper, we argue for keeping actual …

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Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other...

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