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Employment concentrat ion and resource al locat ion: one-company towns in Russia

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  • Simon Commander

    (IE Business School)

  • Zlatko Nikoloski

    (University College London)

  • Alexander Plekhanov

    (Principal Economist at the EBRD’s Office of the Chief Economist)

Abstract

The paper looks at the effects of employment concentration on resource allocation with a particular focus on one-company towns in Russia: towns where a single company accounts for a significant share of total employment. Empirical analysis of firms’ production functions indicates that firms located in one-company towns are characterised by lower labour productivity, higher marginal capital productivity and lower overall productivity pointing towards significant labour hoarding. One-company town firms are also found to be financially more vulnerable. The paper argues that the dominance of natural resources in the Russian economy and employment concentration are closely linked.

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  • Simon Commander & Zlatko Nikoloski & Alexander Plekhanov, 2011. "Employment concentrat ion and resource al locat ion: one-company towns in Russia," Working Papers 130, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Office of the Chief Economist.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebd:wpaper:130
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    Keywords

    employment concentration; one-company towns; labour productivity; Russia;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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