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Job growth in early transition: Comparing two paths *

dc.contributor.authorJurajda, Štěpánen_US
dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Katherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T21:38:04Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T21:38:04Z
dc.date.issued2003-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationJurajda, ŠtěpÁn; Terrell, Katherine (2003). "Job growth in early transition: Comparing two paths * ." Economics of Transition 11(2): 291-320. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74683>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0967-0750en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-0351en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74683
dc.description.abstractSmall start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition. We ask about differences in their growth across two different transition economies: Estonia, which experienced rapid destruction of pre-existing firms, and the Czech Republic, which reduced the old sector gradually. We find that the majority of job growth corresponds to within-industry reallocation. The within-industry growth of small start-up firms is similar in the two countries, in line with the convergence to Western industry firm-size distributions. We also find similar patterns in the evolution of wage differentials between start-ups and old firms and small differences in the extent of low-wage employment in start-ups across the two transition paths. JEL Classifications: J2, J3, J4, L1, O1, P2.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights©The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2003en_US
dc.subject.other Start-upsen_US
dc.subject.otherJob Creationen_US
dc.subject.otherJob Destructionen_US
dc.subject.otherTransitionen_US
dc.subject.otherFirm-size Distributionen_US
dc.titleJob growth in early transition: Comparing two paths *en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Tel: (734) 615-4558. E-mail: terrell@umich.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* CERGE-EI, POB 882, PolitickÝch vězňů 7, Prague 1, 111 21, Czech Republic; Tel: +420-2-24005-139. E-mail: stepan.jurajda@cerge-ei.czen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1468-0351.00148en_US
dc.identifier.sourceEconomics of Transitionen_US
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