Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus

Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski and Vera Volchok

No wp777, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: In most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the transition to market led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low official unemployment, combined with a low share of the private sector in the aggregate employment. However, the cumulative fall in employment since 1990 has been similar to other transition economies, leading to a sharp reduction of labor force, and the youth unemployment remains high. The mismatch in skills between the unemployed and the vacancies and the geographical mismatch suggest that policies aimed at improving skills and increasing mobility are needed. At the same time, the low vacancy-unemployment ratio calls for policies aimed at encouraging private job creation. An immediate policy concern for the government is to launch a labor market reform that would balance providing adequate protection for workers with the need to design the incentives for the unemployed workers to search for new jobs.

Keywords: labor markets; institutions; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J31 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2005-06-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-tra
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