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Labour Market Transitions of Individuals in Eastern and Western Europe
Grogan, L.A.
Publication date
2000
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Citation for published version (APA):
Grogan, L. A. (2000). Labour Market Transitions of Individuals in Eastern and Western
Europe. Tinbergen Institute Research Series.
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Contents s
11 Introduction * '
1.11 Stylised facts about worker transitions 19
1.22 Overview 27
22 Worker flows in Russia 2 9
2.11 Introduction 29
2.22 Background 3 0
2.33 Data 3 5
2.3.11 RLMS 3 5
2.3.22 The ISITO April/May 1998 household survey 36 2.3.33 Assembling information on job spells 38 2.44 Descriptive statistics on worker transitions 38
2.4.11 Flows into new jobs 38 2.4.22 The sectoral composition of employment 42
2.55 Estimation of multiple destination state duration models . . . 45
2.5.11 Stock and flow samples 4 8
2.66 The 1991 stock of employed workers 50 2.6.11 Results for the 1991 stock sample 51 2.77 The post January 1991 flow sample 53
2.7.11 Results for the 1991 flow sample 55
2.7.22 Personal characteristics 57 2.7.33 Sectoral characteristics 58
2.88 Conclusions 59 2.99 Appendix A: Data description 62
2.9.11 Defining employment 63 2.9.22 ISITO transition probabilities, 1991-1998 64
2.100 Appendix B: ISITO sample restrictions 65 7 7
88 CONTENTS
33 T h e d u r a t i o n o f u n e m p l o y m e n t in R u s s i a 6 7
3.11 Introduction 67 3.22 Some institutional aspects 69
3.33 T h e d a t a 70 3.3.11 Work history information in the RLMS 70
3.3.22 Definition and observation of ILO-unemployment . . . 71 3.3.33 Definition and observation of other unemployment types 76
3.3.44 Observation of spell lengths 79 3.44 Reduced-form duration models 82
3.55 E s t i m a t i o n results 84 3.66 Conclusions 90 44 W a g e s t r u c t u r e a n d s e c t o r a l c h o i c e in R u s s i a 9 3 4.11 Introduction 93 4.22 Wage s e t t i n g 95 4.2.11 T h e Soviet system 97 4.2.22 Evidence on post-Soviet wage structures 98
4.33 D a t a 99 4.44 Treating wage arrears 101
4.55 Descriptive statistics 102 4.66 T h e s t a t e / n o n - s t a t e sectoral wage gap 107
4.6.11 Changes in the wage gap 108 4.6.22 Changes in returns to characteristics 108
4.77 E s t i m a t i o n of the endogenous switching model I l l
4.7.11 Switching model results 115
4.7.22 Selection 115 4.7.33 Wages 119 4.88 Conclusions 120 55 E q u i l i b r i u m j o b s e a r c h a n d g e n d e r w a g e differentials in t h e U KK 1 2 3 5.11 Introduction 123 5.22 T h e UK labour market 128 5.2.11 B H P S d a t a 130 5.2.22 Descriptive statistics 136
5.33 Model and estimation 142 5.44 E s t i m a t i o n results 147
CONTENTSCONTENTS 9 5.55 Conclusions 157
5.66 Appendix A: Data description 158 5.6.11 Sample restrictions 159 5.6.22 Creating spell files 160
5.77 Appendix B: International comparison 162
66 Conclusions 165
6.11 Summary of the findings 165
6.22 Final remarks 171
AA Data documentation 175 BB Samenvatting in het Nederlands (Summary in Dutch) 177
CC Summary in Russian 181
Authorr Index 185 Subjectt Index 187 Bibliographyy 189
