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Labor Markets and Labor Market Institutions in Transition Economies
Full text linkThis paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as of Central Asia over the last two decades. The main focus is on the evolution of labor market institutions, which are among candidate explanations for the very diverse trajectories of labor markets in the region. We consider recent contributions that attempt to assess the effect of labor market institutions on labor market performance of TEs, including the policy-relevant issue of complementarity of institutions.transition economies, labor market institutions, unemployment, labor markets
Lehmann (Hartmut) Pietismus und weltliche Ordnung in Württemberg
No full textSéguy Jean. Lehmann (Hartmut) Pietismus und weltliche Ordnung in Württemberg. In: Archives de sociologie des religions, n°33, 1972. pp. 266-267
Informal Employment in Russia: Definitions, Incidence, Determinants and Labour Market Segmentation. OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 1098, (2013).
No full textThis 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 incidence varies widely across the
different definitions. We also show that the determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the
different measures: workers who are males, relatively young, unskilled and employed in construction and trade and
related services have a higher likelihood to have an informal job. We also take a look at the issue of labour market
segmentation along the informal-formal divide by estimating an informal-formal wage gap at the means and across
the entire wage distributions. We find only weak evidence for labour market segmentation in Russia when estimating
an informal-formal wage gap for salaried workers at the mean. The results of quantile regressions show a wage
penalty in the lower half of the distribution and no gap in the upper half for informal employees. In contrast, informal
self-employed and entrepreneurs have conditional mean wages that are higher than the mean wages for the formally
employed. Across the entire wage distribution, however, we find a negative wage gap in the lowest quartile and a
strongly positive wage gap in the highest quartile, pointing to a segmented informal sector with a lower free entry tier
and an upper rationed tier
Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia
Full text linkInformal activities impact countries' economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is not easy and it is crucial to provide a valid definition of it. This paper contributes to the recent discussion of the measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after the economic downturn, together with a special supplement on informality that allows to construct different measures of informal employment and to analyze its determinants. We demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the different definitions. However, the determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the different measures as long as we exclude firm size as a criterion. We also show that risk-averse individuals, as expected, are less likely to select themselves into informal employment
Worker Flows and Labour Market Adjustment during the Great Recession: Evidence from a Large Shock (IZA Discussion Paper No. 9588)
No full textThis paper analyzes how the labor market adjusts to the Great Recession. To this aim, we use the data for Latvia, a country that has experienced one of the most severe recessions in Europe and a subsequent remarkable recovery. Employing longitudinal EU SILC data and a panel data set constructed by us from various waves of the Latvian Labour Force Survey (LLFS), we estimate worker transitions between labor market states. Labor market adjustment takes place predominantly at the extensive margin since it is driven by flows from permanent wage employment to unemployment. We also show that older, non-Latvian and above all less skilled workers are especially hard hit by the economic crisis. Estimated transitions between four mutually exclusive occupational groups demonstrate that downward mobility is very limited even during the Great Recession. Finally, wage regressions suggest that job mobility is not associated with increased labour productivity during and immediately after the crisis
Die nachtridentinische Heiligengesellschaft und ihre Lebensmodelle in modernisierungstheoretischer Perspektive
No full textDie nachtridentinische Heiligengesellschaft und ihre Lebensmodelle in modernisierungstheoretischer Perspektive
No full textThe Great Recession and Labor Market Adjustment: Evidence from Latvia
Full text linkHow severe are costs to workers when the economy undergoes a large recession? In this paper, we try to provide an answer to this question using as an example Latvia, a new EU member state, which faced the most severe recession in Europe and globally in 2008. We employ individual-level Latvian Labor Force Survey and EU SILC data over the years 2002–2016 and 2007–2015, respectively, and analyze transitions in the labor market and their determinants as well as occupational mobility. Our results show that adjustment takes place predominantly at the extensive margin since it is driven by flows to unemployment. We also show that by 2016 the labor market has bounced back to its pre-crisis performance and that for the average worker Latvia’s macroeconomic policies that focused on internal devaluation did not impose large costs in the medium run. However, the young, ethnic minorities and the less skilled were particularly affected by the crisis. Wage regressions suggest that job mobility is not associated with an increase in wages, i.e., with increased labor productivity
Redefining informality and measuring its determinants: Evidence from the Russian labour market
No full textAlthough informality impacts countries' economic development, the recent recession may have increased the incidence of informal activities. We take advantage of a rich data set on Russia before and after the economic downturn and demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the definitions. However, the determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across different measures, apart from firm size. Employing a direct measure of risk attitudes, we also show that risk-averse individuals are less likely to select themselves into informality. Regressions suggest a lower likelihood to be a formal employee post-2008, especially for individuals with little education and immigrants
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