Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non-transition … macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition which disproportionately affected …

property. Economic hardships during transition increase support for revising privatization due to the perceived unfairness of … privatization, but does affect how economic hardships during transition shape these attitudes. …

Using survey data from 28 transition countries, we test for the complementarity and substitutability of market …-relevant skills and institutions. We show that democracy and good governance complement market skills in transition economies. Under …

Russian population about the transition process and the role of the state compared to that of free markets. We find that about … one half of Russian population is disappointed with transition and a large majority is in favor of high state regulation …