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Worker-Firm Matching and Unemployment in Transition to a Market Economy : (Why) are the Czechs More Successful than Others?
Munich, Daniel - 2010
In this paper we compare the nature and determinants of outflows from unemployment in the case of the Czech and Slovak … exceptionally low unemployment rate in the Czech Republic as compared to Slovakia and the other Central and East European economies … has been brought about principally by (1) a rapid increase in vacancies along with unemployment, resulting in a balanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149069
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Worker-Firm Matching and Unemployment in Transition to a Market Economy : (Why) are the Czechs More Successful than Others?
Munich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 1999
In this paper we compare the nature and determinants of outflows from unemployment in the case of the Czech and Slovak … exceptionally low unemployment rate in the Czech Republic as compared to Slovakia and the other Central and East European economies … has been brought about principally by (1) a rapid increase in vacancies along with unemployment, resulting in a balanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044937
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Labor reallocation and demographics
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas - 2018
We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind labor force reallocation. We show that worker flows between jobs in different industries are rare relative to the demographic flows of youth entry and elderly exit. The same applies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778903
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Labor reallocation and demographics
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas - 2017
We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind labor force reallocation. We show that worker flows between jobs in different industries are rare relative to the demographic flows of youth entry and elderly exit. The same applies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785669
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Marriage, wealth, and unemployment duration : a gender asymmetry puzzle
Lentz, Rasmus (contributor); Tranæs, Torben (contributor) - 2005
the husband finds a job. This is so despite the fact that greater own wealth also prolongs unemployment spells for men … effects on job finding ; unemployment duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002815989
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Marriage, Wealth, and Unemployment Duration : A Gender Asymmetry Puzzle
Lentz, Rasmus; Tranaes, Torben - 2021
the husband finds a job. This is so despite the fact that greater own wealth also prolongs unemployment spells for men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318497
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The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth : Evidence from Transitional Countries
Apergis, Nicholas - 2007
This paper examines the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth. Using a panel data set for 27 transition economies over the period 1991-2004 as well as the methodology of panel cointegration and causality tests, the empirical findings show that FDI does exhibit a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729971
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Assessing Unemployment Traps in Belgium Using Panel Data Sample Selection Models
D'Addio, Anna Cristina; De Greef, Isabelle; Rosholm, Michael - 2021
In this paper we investigate whether unemployment traps exist and are significant in the transition from unemployment … periods of unemployment in the past is particularly important: long-term unemployed people have difficulties in re …-integrating the labour market and they obtain low salaries when they succeed in finding employment. Long unemployment spells are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320130
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Assessing unemployment trap in Belgium using panel data sample selection models
D'Addio, Anna Cristina; DeGreef, Isabelle; Rosholm, Michael - 2002
In this paper we investigate whether unemployment traps exist and are significant in the transition from unemployment … periods of unemployment in the past is particularly important: long-term unemployed people have difficulties in re …-integrating the labour market and they obtain low salaries when they succeed in finding employment. Long unemployment spells are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415380
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Using state level employment thresholds to explain Okun’s Law
Herzog, Ryan W. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-26
changes in output on unemployment are least sensitive for states with relatively large employment within government … manufacturing sectors. States with lower manufacturing employment have a less sensitive output to unemployment relationship, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242983