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The Changing Demand for Skills : Evidence from the Transition
Commander, Simon; Kollo, Janos - 2004
Transition has involved major job destruction and creation. This paper examines the skill content of these changes … using a detailed three country firm survey. It shows that transition has exerted a strong bias against unskilled labour who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261836
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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2000
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262404
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Privatization and Productivity in Romanian Industry: Evidence from a Comprehensive Enterprise Panel
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos - 2001
We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to describe the post-privatization ownership structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262532
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Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer, and Productivity Growth in Transition Countries Empirical Evidence from Panel Data
Torlak, Elvisa - 2004
hypothesis for five transition countries in Eastern Europe using panel data on more than 8000 plants in the Czech Republic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296375
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Contract violations, neighborhood effects, and wage arrears in Russia
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2004
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local labor market, resulting in a strategic complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288020
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Equilibrium wage arrears : a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional lock-in
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2000
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339102
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Privatization and productivity in Romanian industry : evidence from a comprehensive enterprise panel
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos - 2001
We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor productivity for the entire surviving population of initially state-owned industrial corporations in Romania. The data permit us to describe the post-privatization ownership structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402871
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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies
Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Urga, Giovanni - 2006
Dynamic panel data methods are used to estimate a growth model using data from 23 transition countries for the period … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470765
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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies
Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor);  … - 2006
Dynamic panel data methods are used to estimate a growth model using data from 23 transition countries for the period … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that ‘mass privatization’ is … structure and the speed with which the links between the state and firms were severed. -- Privatization ; transition economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003342122
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Real convergence, price level convergence and inflation differentials in Europe
Égert, Balázs - 2007
economic convergence may push up inflation rates in transition economies. Cyclical effects and regulated prices are found to be … exchange rate plays a prominent (but declining) role in transition economies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264234