LABOR-MARKET IMPLICATIONS OF PRIVATIZATION IN RUSSIAN INDUSTRY IN 1992

In the early stages of the industrial restructuring process, Russian industry changed property forms remarkably quickly as managements and work collectives took advantage of the breakdown of the command system, although they did not become fully privatized. The main question this paper addresses is whether the property form restructuring induced behavioral and organizational changes that had implications for the level and structure of employment in those factories compared with others that did not restructure. It also examines the impact on expectations about employment and on enterprise plans to release workers, a major initiative for Russian industry in 1992.