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We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and … one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus …, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization while controlling for individual and time fixed effects and …
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form of temporary compensation intended to increase acceptance of privatization. -- Privatization ; liberalization …We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and … one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus …
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competition between private firms for the best motivated workers leads to higher wage cost than under the public monopsony …. Political support for liberalization may therefore be limited …
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This paper studies the impact of privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on workers at privatized SOEs and the … aggregate labor market. Following privatization, wages for incumbent workers in privatized SOEs fall by about 30 log points … in labor markets that are more exposed to privatization relative to labor markets that are less exposed to privatization …
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This paper studies relations between availability of skilled workers and creation of private firms in transition economies using a dynamic general equilibrium model. It shows how the lack of skilled workers lowers the rate of creation of private firms by increasing wages and hence lowering...
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transition economies to estimate the impacts of privatization on employment and wages. The results in all four countries … consistently reject job losses and they never imply large wage cuts from privatization to either foreign or domestic owners. The … domestic privatization estimates are close to zero for employment, while for wages they are negative but small in magnitude …
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This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia, which have had different political and economic strategies in recent years. Using data from household surveys, a decomposition of the wage distribution in each country using...
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a matched sample of employees and enterprises, we examine the effects of privatization on wage structures in rural … industry in two provinces of China. We find that privatization was associated with increased wage and earnings inequality. We …
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We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and … one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus …, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization while controlling for individual and time fixed effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324911
Privatization promotes economic efficiency and growth, thereby reinforcing macroeconomic adjustment. In the short run … impacts and the fiscal implications of privatization. It then reviews various methods of privatization and finds that public …` options for mitigating the social impact of privatization are surveyed, and experiences under adjustment programs reviewed …
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