Like many transition economies, Slovenia is undergoing profound changes in the workings of the labor market with potentially greater flexibility in terms of both wage and employment adjustment. We investigate the impact of the changing labor market for Slovenia using unique longitudinal matched...

This note describes the key features of the Unemployment Insurance Simulation Model (UISIM) - how the model is structured, what data inputs are needed, and what outputs the model generates (the model comes with user's and technical manuals, which provide detailed information about how to operate...

Past empirical literature provides strong evidence that competition increases when new firms enter a market. However, rarely have economists been able to examine how competition changes with the threat of entry. This paper uses the evolution of the zip code level market structure of...

The researchers Bresnahan and Reiss (1987, 1990, and1991) proposed the use of a firm's entry threshold ratio as a means ofmeasuring variance in a firm's competitive conduct as competition increaseswithin the industry. Building on the aforementioned research, this studyutilizes the entry and exit...