State ownership and labor redundancy : estimates based on enterprise-level data from Vietnam / Patrick Belser, Martín Rama

To predict the number of workers who will lose their jobs if state-owned enterprises are privatized or restructured, several approaches have been taken: drawing on international experience, accepting estimates from current directors of state enterprises, and inferring the number of redundancies from...

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Autores principales:Belser, Patrick
Autores Corporativos:World Bank
Otros Autores:Rama, Martín, 1956-
Formato: Online-Resource
Lenguaje:English
Publicado:Washington, DC : World Bank, Development Research Group, Public Service Delivery, 2001
Colección:Policy research working paper
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Sumario:To predict the number of workers who will lose their jobs if state-owned enterprises are privatized or restructured, several approaches have been taken: drawing on international experience, accepting estimates from current directors of state enterprises, and inferring the number of redundancies from ad hoc indicators of profitability, productivity, or labor cost. All three approaches may be irrelevant and inferior to systematically comparing employment levels across similar enterprises that differ in the share of capital owned by the state
Notas:"May 2001. - Includes bibliographical references. (p. 30-31). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 11, 2002
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