"The author analyzes regional labor market disparities in transition by presenting some data and summarizing existing literature. He finds that large and persistent regional labor market disparities developed in virtually all transition countries and that there is some evidence of polarization....

In some respects, regional labour markets in the accession countries are quite comparable to their counterparts in the European Union. Especially with regard to female unemployment and employment rates, indices in the future EU member countries are better than the EU average. Nevertheless,...

Welche Entwicklungen traten in Folge der Liberalisierung am österreichischen Arbeitsmarkt tatsächlich ein? Zwei Studien im Auftrag des Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) gehen dieser Frage aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nach. Peter Huber und Georg Böhs (WIFO) analysieren die...

We analyse the role of ethnic networks, segregation and diversity of a region on migrants' success in integration into the host countries' labour markets. We find a robust negative impact of ethnic networks on unemployment probabilities of the foreign born and a positive one on employment...