Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58964 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6034
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper looks at the effects of employment concentration on resource allocation with a particular focus on one-company towns in Russia defined as towns where a single company accounts for a significant share of total employment of the locality. Empirical analysis of firms' production functions indicates that companies located in one-company towns are characterised by lower marginal product of labour, higher marginal product of capital and lower overall productivity pointing towards significant labour hoarding. One-company town enterprises are also found to be financially more vulnerable. The paper argues that the dominance of natural resources in the Russian economy and employment concentration is closely linked.
Subjects: 
employment concentration
one-company towns
labour productivity
Russia
JEL: 
D24
J42
R23
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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