This paper uses firm-level survey data to study labor reallocation and firm growth in the transition countries over … comparable surveys of developed market economies. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence in the transition … countries that joined the European Union in 2004 than in the other, lower-income transition economies. We also find evidence of …

are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives and are more likely to stay on welfare and to receive … a similar degree of ?structural? state dependence as natives. The high welfare participation rates among refugee … immigrants seem to be due to the existence of a ?welfare trap?, while participation among natives and non-refugee immigrants is …

are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives and are more likely to stay on welfare and to receive … a similar degree of "structural" state dependence as natives. The high welfare participation rates among refugee … immigrants seem to be due to the existence of a "welfare trap", while participation among natives and non-refugee immigrants is …

Like many transition economies, Slovenia is undergoing profound changes in the workings of the labor market with …