sides of the iron curtain. Using the recently released EU KLEMS database on detailed sectoral growth and employment measures …-up was accompanied by low employment growth in the period 1995-2004 - despite high unemployment levels - we also investigate … the labour market structures and the changes in patterns of employment. …

Russian manufacturing sector are not able to optimize their employment and why. Do they suffer from a labor shortage induced … by rapid growth, or are they still struggling with employment overhang? What are the occupations and skills in which … there is a supposed surplus or shortage? What factors affect the probability that a firm will report non-optimal employment …