J. David Brown () (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, CEU Labor Project and IZA Bonn) John Earle () (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, CEU Labor Project and IZA Bonn) Vladimir Gimpelson () (CLMS, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and IZA Bonn) Rostislav Kapeliushnikov () (CLMS, Higher School of Economics, Moscow) Hartmut Lehmann () (University of Bologna, Heriot-Watt University, Labor Group EROC, Kiev School of Economics and IZA Bonn) Almos Telegdy () (CEU Labor Project, Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Irina Vantu () (CEU Labor Project) Ruxandra Visan () (CEU Labor Project) Alexandru Voicu () (City University of New York, Staten Island College and IZA Bonn)
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This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of transition economy labor markets have typically relied upon. We analyze microdata on detailed labor force survey responses in Russia, Romania, and Estonia to measure nonstandard, boundary forms and alternative definitions of labor force status. Our estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment of household production (subsistence agriculture), unpaid family helpers, and discouraged workers, while the categories of part-time work and other forms of marginal attachment are still relatively unimportant. We find that tweaking the official definitions in apparently minor ways can produce alternative employment rates that are sharply higher in Russia but much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania and moderately higher in Estonia and Russia.
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Find related papers by JEL classification: C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Microeconomic Data J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search P23 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
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