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We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over … creation, by contrast, has not picked up in regions of high unemployment. Labour mobility also remains very limited in size … asymmetries are necessary to increase worker mobility and to integrate better national labour markets. …
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We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over … creation, by contrast, has not picked up in regions of high unemployment. Labour mobility also remains very limited in size … asymmetries are necessary to increase worker mobility and to integrate better national labour markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319418
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data. Unemployment spells are defined as a series of monthly episodes ending up in a transition to job or out of labour … process. Since geographic mobility can importantly compensate for regional shocks and it is considered as one of the ways to …
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In this paper we study how the determinants of regional commuting in Italy have evolved in the past fifteen years. Using labour force data from 1992 to 2008 we estimate a model where the probability of commuting is regressed on a wide set of individual, job, firm and regional characteristics....
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We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across … a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …
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We analyse the profile of potential emigrants from Albania using data from the Central and Eastern Europe Eurobarometer in 1992. Respondents were asked to rate on a four-point scale the likelihood that they would go to Western Europe to live and work. Our results show that the intention to...
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This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on … increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill?favoring shifts in … employer-employee data that spans the 16 years of the Soviet and transition periods in Russia (1985-2000), with a special …
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We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind …
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We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785669