transition from communist to market oriented economies. …

In this paper we document and analyse gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria … and Romania. Using comparable firm level data over the years 1993- 1997, we find that in early transition job destruction … dominates job creation, while the latter is picking up as the country enters into a mature stage of transition. Gross job …

In this paper we document and analyze gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria … and Romania. Using comparable firm level data over the years 1993- 1997, we find that in early transition job destruction … dominates job creation, while the latter is picking up as the country enters into a mature stage of transition. Gross job …

, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the … reforms indeed had an impact in making the labor market more dynamic and accelerating the matching process …

search and matching model. Simulations of counterfactual policies show that the effectiveness of the hiring credit relied to …

search and matching model. Simulations of counterfactual policies show that the effectiveness of the hiring credit relied to …