Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21210 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 351
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job destruction rose markedly. Heterogeneity in firm employment change also increased significantly. Intra- and inter-sectoral job reallocation had no effect on aggregate labor productivity during the socialist period, while they have made a strong positive contribution during the transition. Privatization and product market competition have not led to greater job destruction overall, but rather have helped to focus the destruction in the firms with the lowest productivity.
Subjects: 
Job destruction
job reallocation
productivity
transition
Russia
JEL: 
E24
J63
O47
P23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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