Author: J. David BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth in the Ukrainian Transition
Author: J. David BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth Under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies
Author: J. David BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Downsizing of organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Disorganization in the Transition Process
Author: Jozef KoningsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Microeconomics of Creating Productive Jobs
Author: J. David BrownPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Creacion de empleos
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The challenge for labor market policy in the transition economies has been to redress the sharp drops in employment and rises in unemployment in a way that fosters the creation of productive jobs. The authors first document the magnitude and productivity of job and worker reallocation. Then they investigate the effects of privatization, product and labor market liberalization, and obstacles to growth in the new private sector on reallocation and its productivity in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. The authors find that market reform has resulted in a large increase in the pace of job reallocation, particularly that occurring between sectors and through firm turnover. Unlike under central planning, the job reallocation during the transition has contributed significantly to aggregate productivity growth. Privatization has not only stimulated intrasectoral job reallocation, but the reallocation is more productive than that among remaining state firms. The effect of privatization on firm productivity varies considerably across countries and is not always positive. The productivity gains from privatization have generally not come at the expense of workers but are rather associated with increased wages and employment.
Economic Reforms and Productivity-enhancing Reallocation in the Post-Soviet Transition
Author: J. David BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth Under Alternative Economic Systems and Polices
Author: J. David BrownGross Job Flows in Ukraine
Author: Jozef KoningsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
In the Grip of Transition
Author: T. BrukPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230363598
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book provides a detailed picture of the equity and efficiency of economic restructuring, focusing on the two most important successor states to the Soviet Union. Analysis is based on a careful examination of micro level data, documenting the experiences of workers, households and firms.
Unleashing Prosperity
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821372807
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Over the past few years, the countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union have seen rapid productivity growth that has driven up living standards and reduced poverty. Unleashing Prosperity examines the microfoundations of the recent growth. The report shows that these countries have enjoyed substantial productivity gains from the reallocation of labor and capital to more productive sectors and firms, from the entry of new firms and the exit of obsolete firms, and from the more efficient use of resources. Unleashing Prosperity also illustrates that policy reforms that promote governance and macroeconomic stability, market competition, infrastructure quality, financial deepening, labor market flexibility, and skill upgrading are important in achieving higher productivity growth. However, significant challenges remain in sustaining productivity growth. The report argues that for the early reformers (most of the 10 new members of the European Union, plus Turkey), policy reforms aimed at improving the ability of firms to innovate and compete in global markets are a main concern. By contrast, for the late reformers (most of Southeastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States), policy reforms aimed at addressing the legacy of transition continue to be a top priority. Unleashing Prosperity shows why microeconomic reforms deserve more attention. It is a must-read for policy makers, government officials, researchers, and economists who are interested in furthering growth and prosperity in the region.
Productivity Growth and Workers' Job Transitions
Author: Elias AlbagliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A large body of work has highlighted the importance of employment reallocation as a driver of aggregate productivity growth, but there is little direct evidence on the extent and nature of this process at the worker-firm level. We use an administrative matched employer-employee census for Chile to provide novel insights into the relationship between job transitions and productivity variation across firms. As many theories would predict, worker flows from lower- to higher-productivity firms are larger than those of the opposite sign. Empirically, however, this is only marginally so. Almost half of all transitions occur "down the firm productivity ladder." This process is also highly heterogeneous along several dimensions. Up-the-ladder flows are more likely for direct job-to-job transitions than those that pass through nonemployment. They are also much more likely for young, high-skilled workers, whose job transitions comprise in an accounting sense the lion's share of aggregate productivity change. Interestingly, workers with the highest job turnover rates contribute proportionally the least to aggregate productivity changes. Put together, this evidence implies that the productivity mechanics of job reallocation yields a net benefit, but this hides massive and heterogeneous gross flows underneath.