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The reallocation of workers and jobs in Russian industry

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit examination of several crucial measurement issues, including the timing and definition of employment and the role of reorganizations, and they contain rich information on firm characteristics. We find that new and reorganized firms display larger flows than unreorganized enterprises. Product market dispersion and managerial and dispersed outsider ownership are associated with greater worker churning, and unionization and concentrated outsider ownership with less. There is little evidence that the average firm's employment adjustments have become more responsive to adjustment costs during the transition, but private ownership and product market competition appear to increase responsiveness. JEL Classifications: E24, J23, J63, P23, P31.

Source: Economics of Transition

DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00146

Authors: J. David Brown, John S. Earle

Institutions: Heriot-Watt University, Central European University, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Language: English

Topic: Russia and Soviet political economy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1484557951

FWCI: 38.7

Cites: 48

Cited by: 54

Related to: 10