Regional Unemployment and its Persistence in Transition Countries

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We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over time. We analyse the role various adjustment mechanisms play. While movement out of the labour force seems to be one consequence in many regions with high relative unemployment, there are also signs of emerging wage flexibility. Employment creation, by contrast, has not picked up in regions of high unemployment. Labour mobility also remains very limited in size although it appears to respond to basic economic incentives. Policies addressing housing market imperfections and information asymmetries are necessary to increase worker mobility and to integrate better national labour markets.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1074

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: transition ; regional unemployment ; mobility ; Regionale Arbeitslosigkeit ; Hysteresis ; Übergangswirtschaft ; Regionale Arbeitsmobilität ; Lohnrigidität ; Schätzung ; Bulgarien ; Tschechische Republik ; Ungarn ; Polen ; Rumänien ; Russland

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bornhorst, Fabian ; Commander, Simon
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20309
• Last update: 20.09.2024, 8:21 AM CEST