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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009

Muravyev, Alexander - 2010

former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II … the former USSR with respect to firing costs were extremely rigid and were subsequently liberalized by the 15 successor … decades. By now, the ex-USSR states as a group do not differ that much from the EU-15 and OECD countries in terms of the …

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Migration in the Soviet successor states

Locher, Lilo - 2002

This paper analyzes the migration behavior of ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union (FSU) from 1989 to 1999. The two main migration movements have been return migration of ethnic groups to their titular nation and migration of all ethnic groups to the Russian Federation. Using factor...

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Double-edged sword: persistent effects of communism on life satisfaction

Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2021

Communism was a two-edged sword for the trustees of the former regime. Communist party members and their relatives enjoyed status and privileges, while secret police informants were often coerced to work clandestinely and gather compromising materials about friends, colleagues, and neighbors. We...

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Stalin and the origins of mistrust

Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga; Otrachshenko, Vladimir - 2019

We show that current differences in trust levels within former Soviet Union countries can be traced back to the system of forced prison labor during Stalin's rule, which was marked by high incarceration rates, repression, and harsh punishments. We argue that those exposed to forced labor camps...

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Employment discrimination in a former Soviet Union Republic : evidence from a field experiment

Asali, Muhammad; Pignatti, Norberto; Skhirtladze, Sophiko - 2017

We provide the first experimental evidence about ethnic discrimination in the labor market in Georgia. We randomly assign Georgian and non-Georgian, male and female, names to similar resumes and apply for jobs as advertised in help-wanted web sites in Georgia. We find that gender has no effect...

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Echoes of the past : the enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values

Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2023

- East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of …

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