Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition

We analyze the pace and patterns of job reallocation in Ukraine using 1992-2000 panel data on nearly the surviving universe of manufacturing firms inherited from the Soviet Union. Employment growth displays substantial increase in heterogeneity during this transition period, with a corresponding rise in excess job reallocation. Unlike data for Soviet Russia in the 1980s, Ukrainian job reallocation in the 1990s was clearly productivity-enhancing, both within and across industries. The paper also estimates the effects of firm and market characteristics on the magnitude of reallocation and on the extent to which it has contributed to aggregate productivity growth.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Brown, J. David ; Earle, John S.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Produktivität \| Beschäftigung \| Sektorale Beschäftigungsstruktur \| Systemtransformation \| Privatisierung \| Ukraine \| job creation \| job destruction \| productivity decomposition \| privatization

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 1349
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	474414671 [GVK] hdl:10419/20619 [Handle]
Classification:	P23 - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population ; O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity ; J63 - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages
Source:	EconStor