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The Nature and the Determinants of Labor Market Transitions in Former Socialist Economies: Evidence from Bulgaria
Author(s) -
Jones Derek C.,
Kato Takao
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.501997013
Subject(s) - stylized fact , unemployment , economics , sample (material) , logit , panel data , demographic economics , labour economics , macroeconomics , econometrics , chemistry , chromatography
To generate stylized facts on transitions between different labor market states during early transition, panel data for a sample of the registered unemployed in Bulgaria were collected. We find that about 60 percent of the unemployed are long‐term unemployed. From logit regressions we find that women who had higher education and had not received unemployment benefits are more likely to be reemployed. For men, these factors are not significant, although participation in a training program is significant.