Unemployment Dynamics in Central Europe: A Labor Flow Approach

Vladislav Flek and Martina Mysíková

No 2012/07, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: We analyze labor market flows and unemployment in the Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia and Poland over the period 2004–2007. Relative involvement of working-age population in gross labor market flows is approximately five times lower in central Europe than in the U.S. /UK. Yet, compared to neighboring countries, the CR suffers more from unemployment rigidity, as evidenced most convincingly by a relatively weakernet flowof workers from unemployment to employment. This net flow alone would cut the unemployment rate in Poland more than twice as fast as in the CR. The CR lags behind in creating jobs forthe unemployed, particularly for men, individuals with primary education, and for the 55–65 age group.

Keywords: EU-SILC; labor market flows; longitudinal data; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J60 J63 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25pages
Date: 2012-03, Revised 2012-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-eur, nep-lab, nep-mac and nep-tra
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