Continuous enterprise restructuring is needed for the transition and emerging market economies to become and remain competitive. However, the beneficial effects of restructuring in the medium run are accompanied by large worker displacement. The costs of displacement can be large and...

This paper analyzes the costs of job loss in China, using unique new data from the Rural-to-Urban Migration in China (RUMIC) data set for the year 2009. We investigate conventional labor market outcomes upon displacement like the length of unemployment spells, hours worked and monthly earnings....

Diese Studie analysiert die Kosten des unfreiwilligen Arbeitsplatzverlustes in den Schwellenländern Russland und China. Im Falle Russlands benutzen wir die Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) Daten für die Jahre 2003-2008, einschließlich einer Zusatzumfrage zum Thema Trennungen von...

This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analysing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular 2003-11 waves and an informality supplement of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) it develops several measures of informal employment and demonstrates that the...