Using a large panel of Hungarian firms, we study the relation between firm size and net job creation. Categorizing firms in size groups with the traditionally used measure of employment size in the base year suggests that small firms create a disproportionally higher number of jobs than large...

This study forecasts the Hungarian labor demand for 10 broad economic sectors for 2020. Using aggregate data for the period of 1992-2010 and a structural macroeconomic model, we find that the relative importance of agriculture and industry is likely to fall in total employment while the share of...

This study forecasts the Hungarian labor demand for 10 broad economic sectors for 2015. Using aggregate data for the period of 1992-2010 and a structural macroeconomic model, we find that the relative importance of agriculture and industry is likely to fall in total employment while the share of...

Lohnzurückhaltung bei fixen und flexiblen Wechselkursen Anhand des Modells von R. Dornbusch (1983) wird untersucht, wie sich verteilungsneutrale, einkommenspolitische Maßnahmen (das sind gleichzeitige Verringerungen von Lohn- und Preissteigerungen im selben Ausmaß) kurz- und mittelfristig auf...

The Slovak economy experienced a strong but short recession in 2009. The recovery afterwards was driven by exports and investment. While GDP growth was one of the strongest in OECD, employment did not reach the pre-crisis level and unemployment remains stubbornly high. This paper argues that...

This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis 2009-10 with the help of an enterprise survey. The results of variance analysis show that the use of fixed-term or agency work contracts is not uniform across sectors, size and...

Ungleichgewichte in einem Währungsgebiet entstehen durch Kapitalströme, die nicht durch eine ent-sprechende Steigerung der Kapazität Einkommen zu erzielen begleitet werden. Dadurch entsteht eine Überschuldung in den "Defizitländern", während in den "Überschussländern" Forderungen...

When the principal decisions for the European Monetary Union (EMU) were made it was acknowledged that it would not be an optimal currency area (OCA). Potential trouble was assumed away as asymmetric shocks were expected to fade, while rising productivity enhanced the resilience of EMU member...