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| Title: | | Wages, layoffs, and privatization: Evidence from Ukraine  |
| Authors: | | Brown, J. David Earle, John S. Vakhitov, Vladimir |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Upjohn Institute Working Paper 06-126 |
| Abstract: | | This paper estimates the effects of privatization on worker separations and wages using retrospective data from a national probability sample of Ukrainian households. Detailed worker characteristics are used to control for compositional differences and to assess types of observable 'winners' and 'losers' from privatization. Preprivatization worker-firm matches are used to control for unobservables in worker and firm selection. The results imply that privatization reduces wages by 5 percent and cuts the layoff probability in half. Outside investor ownership reduces separations but leaves wages unaffected. Winners from privatization tend to be higher-skilled employees of larger firms, but there is no discernable relationship with gender, education, or experience. |
| Subjects: | | privatization layoffs wages Ukraine |
| JEL: | | D21 G34 J23 J31 L33 P23 P31 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Upjohn Institute Working Papers, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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