Off-farm labor supply and labor markets in rapidly changing circumstances. Bulgaria during transition.

Autor/inn/en	Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Nugent, Jeffrey B.
Titel	Off-farm labor supply and labor markets in rapidly changing circumstances. Bulgaria during transition. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Nicht-Landwirtschafts-Arbeitsangebot und sich schnell wandelnde Arbeitsmärkte. Bulgarien während der Transformation.
Quelle	In: Economic systems, 35 (2011) 3, S. 378-389 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0939-3625; 0939-3626
DOI	10.1016/j.ecosys.2010.09.005
Schlagwörter	Landbevölkerung; Ländlicher Raum; Transformation; Branche; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Qualifikationsstruktur; Landarbeiter; Landwirt; Sektorale Verteilung; Tätigkeitsfeld; Bulgarien; Osteuropa
Abstract	"This study examines off-farm labor supply in the rapidly changing conditions of Bulgaria during the 1990s. In doing so, we make use of three different waves of the Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey, each reflecting remarkably different environmental conditions. The results suggest that standard theories of off-farm labor supply provide little guidance in situations characterized by chronic excess supply in the off-farm labor market and/or rapidly changing circumstances. In particular, the results show (1) that off-farm employment throughout the transition was predominantly determined by demand rather than by supply, and (2) that the magnitude and statistical significance of the various determinants are very sensitive to changing environmental conditions. As such, the results can be extremely relevant for both theory and policy for the many countries which may still need to go through privatization and painful restructuring as a result of financial crises and globalization." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1995 bis 2001.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/1