unexplored. We draw on both longitudinal and pseudo-panel data from Russia to explore how labor market hardships relate to … preferences for public sector employment and employers. In fixed effects specifications, we demonstrate that feelings of job … insecurity, experiences with wage arrears, and spells of unemployment all increase the attractiveness of work in the public …

unexplored. We draw on both longitudinal and pseudo-panel data from Russia to explore how labor market hardships relate to … preferences for public sector employment and employers. In fixed effects specifications, we demonstrate that feelings of job … insecurity, experiences with wage arrears, and spells of unemployment all increase the attractiveness of work in the public …

The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in … labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6-7% - more than twice as high as … before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower than the EU average, though Sweden no longer stands out in this …

Survey (LFS) to construct worker transition rates across employment, unemployment, and inactivity. Our approach involves … splitting of unemployment outflows between employment and inactivity. In turn, the estimated job search factor can be used in a … transition rates: (a) from employment to unemployment have fallen over time (b) from unemployment to employment were unusually …

document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to …Cross-country employment differences are concentrated among women, the youth, and older individuals. In this paper, we … aggregate employment differences across a large panel of European countries. We then build a life-cycle Diamond …

employment, low youth and female unemployment, flexibility, and a low share of the "working poor", all of which can beneficially … self-employment, and an excess of labor cost growth over productivity growth, all of which can threaten further economic …