Unemployment and Worker-Firm Matching : Theory and Evidence from East and West Europe

Unemployment and Worker-Firm Matching : Theory and Evidence from East and West Europe

The paper tests three hypotheses about the causes of unemployment in the Central-East European transition economies and in a benchmark market economy (Western part of Germany). The first hypothesis (H1) is that unemployment is caused by inefficient...

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Main Authors: Munich, Daniel, Svejnar, Jan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT
ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT POLICY
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ACTIVE LABOUR
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BENCHMARK
BOND
BUSINESS CYCLES
CENTRAL BANK
COMPLICATIONS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
DEPRECIATION
DEPRECIATIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISEQUILIBRIUM
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
ELASTICITY
EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT
ESTIMATED PARAMETERS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTERNALITIES
FIRM LEVEL
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL SUBSIDIES
FUTURE RESEARCH
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIGH WAGE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INEFFICIENCY
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB SEARCH
JOB SHIFTS
JOB VACANCIES
JOBS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET TURNOVER
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR OFFICE
LABOR TURNOVER
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKETS
LABOUR OFFICE
LOW INTEREST RATES
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATURAL GAS
NEW JOBS
OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT
OPTIMIZATION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION SETTLEMENTS
POSITIVE EXTERNALITY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITIES
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
RECESSION
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
RESPECT
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SCALE EFFECT
SCALE EFFECTS
SERVICE SECTOR
SKILL GROUPS
SOCIAL POLICIES
STOCKS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
UNEMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM
UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOME
UNEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VALUABLE
WAGE LEVEL
WORKER
WORKERS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090107090518
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4008

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