Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor

The paper investigates adjustment costs of trade liberalization in Russia by estimating various labor market elasticities with respect to indicators of trade liberalization in the 90-ies. In particular, the influence of tariff reduction on demand f...

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Main Authors:	Akhmedov, Akhmed, Bessonova, Evgenia, Cherkashin, Ivan, Denisova, Irina, Grishina, Elena, Nekipelov, Denis
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	labor market trade liberalization labor demand wage premiums employment flows adjustment costs
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981081486019498300/Adjustment-costs-of-trade-liberalization-estimations-for-the-Russian-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26065

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spelling	okr-10986-260652021-04-23T14:04:33Z Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor Akhmedov, Akhmed Bessonova, Evgenia Cherkashin, Ivan Denisova, Irina Grishina, Elena Nekipelov, Denis labor market trade liberalization labor demand wage premiums employment flows adjustment costs The paper investigates adjustment costs of trade liberalization in Russia by estimating various labor market elasticities with respect to indicators of trade liberalization in the 90-ies. In particular, the influence of tariff reduction on demand for labor is estimated, inter-sectoral employment flows in recent years and their determinants are studied, as well as determinants of sectoral wage premiums and of wage differentials between skilled and unskilled labor. The estimated elasticities of labor demand and wages show to be of very moderate size implying a modest adjustment cost in the labor market. 2017-02-14T16:31:20Z 2017-02-14T16:31:20Z 2004-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981081486019498300/Adjustment-costs-of-trade-liberalization-estimations-for-the-Russian-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26065 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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spellingShingle	labor market trade liberalization labor demand wage premiums employment flows adjustment costs Akhmedov, Akhmed Bessonova, Evgenia Cherkashin, Ivan Denisova, Irina Grishina, Elena Nekipelov, Denis Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
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description	The paper investigates adjustment costs of trade liberalization in Russia by estimating various labor market elasticities with respect to indicators of trade liberalization in the 90-ies. In particular, the influence of tariff reduction on demand for labor is estimated, inter-sectoral employment flows in recent years and their determinants are studied, as well as determinants of sectoral wage premiums and of wage differentials between skilled and unskilled labor. The estimated elasticities of labor demand and wages show to be of very moderate size implying a modest adjustment cost in the labor market.
format	Working Paper
author	Akhmedov, Akhmed Bessonova, Evgenia Cherkashin, Ivan Denisova, Irina Grishina, Elena Nekipelov, Denis
author_facet	Akhmedov, Akhmed Bessonova, Evgenia Cherkashin, Ivan Denisova, Irina Grishina, Elena Nekipelov, Denis
author_sort	Akhmedov, Akhmed
title	Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
title_short	Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
title_full	Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
title_fullStr	Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
title_full_unstemmed	Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor
title_sort	adjustment costs of trade liberalization : estimations for the russian labor
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981081486019498300/Adjustment-costs-of-trade-liberalization-estimations-for-the-Russian-labor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26065
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Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization : Estimations for the Russian Labor

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