School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New?
This paper uses evidence from a series of studies of young people in a total of 12 excommunist countries, but mainly from surveys in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2007, and discusses changes and continuities since the early-1990s in typical labour market experiences. It is argued that the conti...
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| author | Ken ROBERTS Gary POLLOCK Heghine MANASYAN Jochen THOLEN |
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| description | This paper uses evidence from a series of studies of young people in a total of 12 excommunist countries, but mainly from surveys in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2007, and discusses changes and continuities since the early-1990s in typical labour market experiences. It is argued that the continuities outweigh the changes. In the early years of transition new career groups were created during the undermining of old types of employment and the emergence of new market-led employment opportunities. There have always been differences between countries, and between regions within countries, in the proportions of young people following different career routes. Similarly, there have been changes over time in some places in the proportions following the different career paths. Yet the evidence indicates that the career paths themselves have remained remarkably constant over time, and across different territories. The main career groups are: i. A small group who obtain jobs paying salaries that will support a western-type lifestyle. ii. Continuous regular private or public sector employment. iii. Business. iv. Under-employment. v. Unemployment. The paper discusses the processes that have created and which are maintaining the divisions between these groups |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c9f8c5ab7d5476e8b82eb41d57721892022-12-22T01:22:22ZengAla-Too International UniversityEurasian Journal of Business and Economics1694-59481694-59722008-11-0112103129School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New?Ken ROBERTSGary POLLOCKHeghine MANASYANJochen THOLENThis paper uses evidence from a series of studies of young people in a total of 12 excommunist countries, but mainly from surveys in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2007, and discusses changes and continuities since the early-1990s in typical labour market experiences. It is argued that the continuities outweigh the changes. In the early years of transition new career groups were created during the undermining of old types of employment and the emergence of new market-led employment opportunities. There have always been differences between countries, and between regions within countries, in the proportions of young people following different career routes. Similarly, there have been changes over time in some places in the proportions following the different career paths. Yet the evidence indicates that the career paths themselves have remained remarkably constant over time, and across different territories. The main career groups are: i. A small group who obtain jobs paying salaries that will support a western-type lifestyle. ii. Continuous regular private or public sector employment. iii. Business. iv. Under-employment. v. Unemployment. The paper discusses the processes that have created and which are maintaining the divisions between these groupshttp://www.ejbe.org/EJBE2008Vol01No02p103ROBERTS-POLLOCK.pdfArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiacareeremploymentlabour market |
| spellingShingle | Ken ROBERTS Gary POLLOCK Heghine MANASYAN Jochen THOLEN School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New? Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia career employment labour market |
| title | School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New? |
| title_full | School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New? |
| title_fullStr | School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New? |
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| title_short | School-to-Work Transitions after Two Decades of Post-Communist Transition: What’s New? |
| title_sort | school to work transitions after two decades of post communist transition what s new |
| topic | Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia career employment labour market |
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