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Job Creation and Job Destruction in Estonia: Labour Reallocation and Structural Changes

Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

find that the firm-specific component in job flows excess of employment change had relatively lower importance than in …

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Trade Liberalization and Employment Effects in Ukraine

Christev, Atanas; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper addresses the important issue of the effects of trade liberalization on labor market job flows. It studies the case of Ukraine where we view the sudden openness of the economy to trade as a quasi-natural experiment. We use disaggregated data on manufacturing industries and customs...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703421

The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

timing and definition of employment, the roles of split-ups and mergers, and the relative magnitudes of rehiring and new … intensity, and labor productivity, but only weakly to job and worker turnover. Little evidence is found that firms’ employment …

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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

universe of manufacturing firms inherited from the Soviet Union. Employment growth displays substantial increase in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762442

Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths

Jurajda, Stepán; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Small start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition and yet little is known about the characteristics of this new sector. We seek to identify patterns of job growth in this sector in terms of niches left from central planning and ask about differences in job creation across...

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The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources, Micro-Macro Links and the Recent Downturn

Davis, Steven J.; Faberman, R. Jason; Haltiwanger, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

dynamic character of U.S. labor markets. Private-sector job creation and destruction rates average nearly 8% of employment per … nature of micro-level employment adjustments. More than two-thirds of job destruction occurs at establishments that shrink by … more than 10% within the quarter, and more than one-fifth occurs at those that go to zero employment. Our study also …

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Selective Reductions in Labor Taxation: Labor Market Adjustments and Macroeconomic Performance

Batyra, Anna; Sneessens, Henri R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

cuts, both with or without over-education effects. Introducing over-education changes substantially the employment …

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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?

Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

aggregate employment change in African manufacturing. The nature and magnitude of gross job flows are examined using a unique … limited role in terms of contributing to manufacturing employment through post-entry expansion. …

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Looking Inside the Perpetual-Motion Machine: Job and Worker Flows in OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea; Marianna, Pascal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is an increasing interest in the process of job creation and destruction as well of hirings and separations. Many studies suggest that idiosyncratic firm-level characteristics shape both job and worker flows in a similar way in all countries. Others argue that cross-country differences in...

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Age-Specific Cyclical Effects in Job Reallocation and Labor Mobility

Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

employment is a one-way street. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247705