School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London

Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, SSEES at UCL

Enterprises and Labour in Emerging Market Economies

14th Research Seminar of the Managing Economic Transition Network

25th of June 2004

 

11.30-12.00	Registration and coffee
12.00-13.00	Session 1: Labour Markets. Chair: David Lane (University of Cambridge)
Sjef Ederveen and Laura Thissen (CEB: Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis) Can Labour Market Institutions Explain Unemployment Rates in New EU Member States?
Discussant: Chris Gerry (SSEES University College London)
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.00	Session 2. Competition, Performance and Survival. Chair: Janet Ilieva (MMU)
Alex Chirmiciu (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) Competition and Industrial Performance during Transition: Evidence from Hungary.
Discussant: Ulrike Hotopp (DTI)
Gustavo Rinaldi (Imperial College) The Ratio of Production Workers as a Predictor of Survival: a Test on Russian Firms in Transition.
Discussant: Natalia Isachenkova (University of Kingston)
16.00-16.15	Coffee
16.15-18.00	Session 3. Small Enterprises; Wages. Chair: Slavo Radosevic (UCL)
Annete E. Jäckle and Carmen A. Li (University of Essex) Firm Dynamics and Institutional Participation: A Case Study on Informality of Micro-Enterprises in Peru
Discussant: Ruta Aidis (SSEES University College London)
Janos Kőllő and Tomasz Mickiewicz Testing The Svejnar's Model in Hungary. Wage Bargaining Reconsidered
Discussant: Frederick Guy (Birkbeck College)