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Creative Destruction and Transition : The Effects of Firm Entry and Exit on Productivity Growth in Estonia
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - 2004
This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, particularly, on the processes of firm … Estonia during the observed period from 1995 to 2001, resulting from low institutional entry barriers and emergence of the SME …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261995
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Job creation and job destruction in Estonia: labour reallocation and structural changes
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - 2005
This article documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Estonia over the years 1995-2001, using a … database containing the population of officially registered firms in Estonia (all in all 52,000). Our results show that job … creation and job destruction rates have been rather high in Estonia and are comparable to the levels documented for the US. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267645
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Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths
Jurajda, Štepán; Terrell, Katherine - 2002
planning and ask about differences in job creation across two different transition economies: Estonia, which experienced rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274316
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Ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation in Estonia
Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; Leetmaa, Kadri; … - 2011
use individual level Estonia Census data in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278643
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The Optimality and Overuse of Labour in Estonian Manufacturing Enterprises
Masso, Jaan; Heshmati, Almas - 2003
For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour force and for coping with the requirements of the European Monetary Union. In this paper we apply a novel approach to the issue of labour market flexibility in transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261600
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Jewish Occupational Selection : Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - 2004
This paper documents the major features of Jewish economic history in the first millennium to explain the distinctive occupational selection of the Jewish people into urban, skilled occupations. We show that many Jews entered urban occupations in the eighth-ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261974
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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 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 individual?s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261996
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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - 2003
Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262232
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Aggregate-Level Migration Studies as a Tool for Forecasting Future Migration Streams
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
Assessing the migration potential and predicting future migration streams are among the most relevant, yet least well understood topics of migration research. The usual approach taken to address aggregate-level prediction problems is to fit ad hoc specifications to historical data, and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262391
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On human capital formation with exit options: comment and new results
Poutvaara, Panu - 2005
Katz and Rapoport (2005) conclude that with linear production technology and the possibility of unilateral migration, region-specific shocks may increase the average level of education. Previously, Poutvaara (2000) derived a corresponding result with Cobb-Douglas technology and migration which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267605