Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … consumption and mortality during the campaign experienced larger transition era increases, and (3) Other former Soviet states and … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …

transition period while the skill composition of employment did not. Our approach in analyzing the sources of cross …

This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on … increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill–favoring shifts in … employer-employee data that spans the 16 years of the Soviet and transition periods in Russia (1985-2000), with a special …

are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated self-employment earnings premia … related to schooling, pre-transition family income, receipt of property in restitution, pre-communist family business …

interhousehold transfers. Russian households have experienced large reductions in income during the post-Soviet transition period …