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Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

Iyer, Lakshmi; Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Zhao, Xiaoxue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper studies the policy determinants of economic transition and estimates the demand for labor in the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector accounts for more than a quarter of the overall...

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Domestic and Trade Policy for Central and East European Agriculture

Karp, Larry; Stefanou, Spiro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

After a brief period of liberal agricultural policies, Central and East European (CEE) countries have begun to rely increasingly on price subsidies and trade restrictions. We outline the situation of CEE agriculture and describe current policies. Scarce government funds could be better used to...

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Redistributive Policy in a Transition Economy: The Case of Hungary

Jarvis, Sarah; Pudney, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This study examines the scope for redistributive government policies based on progressive income taxation and direct income transfers. We concentrate on the case of Hungary. We first survey recent developments in the economic circumstances of the household sector and changes in the Hungarian...

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An Exercise in Futility: East German Economic Growth and Decline, 1945-89

Ritschl, Albrecht - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper assembles and reviews data on growth performance for East Germany. Conclusions are only tentative, as data reliability is still poor. Examining factor growth and total factor productivity performance, the paper arrives at three main conclusions. First, large-scale dismantling of...

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The Output Decline in Central and Eastern Europe: A Classical Explanation

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

The paper discusses the strong output decline in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It starts from the puzzling observation that the former CSFR, Hungary and Poland experienced a relatively similar decline in output in spite of completely different stabilization and transformation...

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The Great Divide and Beyond - Financial Architecture in Transition

Berglöf, Erik; Bolton, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

A growing and deepening divide has opened up between countries where economic development has “taken off” and those caught in a vicious cycle of institutional backwardness and macroeconomic instability. This “Great Divide” is visible in almost every measure of economic performance, such...

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Regional Decentralization and the Soft Budget Constraint: The Case of China

Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The majority of enterprises in China are controlled by local governments at the provincial, city, county, township and village levels. We study the effect of regional decentralization on soft budget constraints in these enterprises. We show that fiscal competition under (foreign) capital...

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Government Distributional Concerns and Economic Policy During the Transition from Socialism

Gordon, Roger H; Li, David Daokui - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

Before the transition governments had strong distributional objectives, which they pursued mainly by direct controls over state enterprise wage rates and hiring decisions, yielding a highly compressed wage distribution. During the reform they maintained similar controls over state enterprises,...

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A Multilateral Payments Union for the Commonwealth of Independent States: Why and How?

Bofinger, Peter; Gros, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

above all on Russia's ability to pursue non-inflationary monetary and fiscal policies. If this approach is not adopted and … to its members. While Russia, the prospective creditor, would have to be willing to provide a part of its multilateral … limit the burden to be borne by Russia. As the transition to world market prices for energy would lead to unsustainable …

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Options for a New Monetary Framework for the Area of the Soviet Union

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

The paper discusses alternative options for a future monetary order in the area of the Soviet Union. Its main focus is on two questions: Under what conditions would a common rouble currency area be compatible with fiscal discipline and effective financial control over the large numbers of...

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