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Organized labour and restructuring: coal mines in the Czech Republic and Romania
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SYSNO ASEP 0343926 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title Organized labour and restructuring: coal mines in the Czech Republic and Romania Author(s) Brůha, Jan (NHU-C)
Ionascu, D. (RO)
Jeong, Byeongju (NHU-C) RIDSource Title Labour market impact of the EU enlargement: a new regional geography of Europe?. - Heidelberg, DE : Physica-Verlag, 2010 - ISBN 978-3-7908-2163-5 Pages s. 49-72 Number of pages 24 s. Action Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economists /22./ Event date 13.09.2007-14.09.2007 VEvent location Naples Country IT - Italy Event type EUR Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords organized labour ; restructuring ; coal mines Subject RIV AH - Economics CEZ MSM0021620846 - NHU-C UT WOS 000277011100003 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7908-2164-2_3 Annotation We examine the role of organized labour in the restructuring experience of two coal-mining regions in the 1990s. Under similar external circumstances, the Czech Republic's Ostrava region underwent gradual restructuring from early on whereas Romania's Jiu Valley region went through no restructuring until 1997 followed by massive layoffs over 2 years. We conduct a quantitative exercise that accounts for mine productivity, labour market conditions and the constraints in compensating laid-off miners We show that the Jiu Valley's delay in restructuring was inefficient Gradual restructuring with compensation would have benefited both the miners and the government The proximate reason for the delay was the Jiu Valley miners' action against restructuring We discuss what motivated their action and why it was effective. Workplace Economics Institute - CERGE Contact Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122 Year of Publishing 2011
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