How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …

This paper estimates the relative multi-factor productivity (MFP) of privatized and state-owned enterprises using a …

other industrial sectors, in agriculture, and in services, as well as unemployment and non-participation in the labor force …

privatization and unemployment in postcommunist countries, showing that there is little support for the proposed mechanism by which …

privatization and unemployment in postcommunist countries, showing that there is little support for the proposed mechanism by which …

This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …

This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …

to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of employment and unemployment. Our calculations show … alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia. …