Job destruction in the private and public sector during the transition to a market economy: Evidence from the CR

The authors of this paper seek to analyze the pace and determinants of work er and job relocation in the early years of market transition in the Czech Republic. They provide estimates of the time evolution of worker and job re allocation and carry out a multivariate duration analysis of job destructio n. Comparing their own results to those of other Central and East European countries, the authors demonstrate why economic transition in the Czech Rep ublic has been relatively smooth.