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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd, Elizabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade - sometimes rapidly - from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth...

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Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940

Roy, Tirthankar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

cotton cloth in India during 1795-1940, and based on these numbers, revisits three issues central to interpretations of … economic change in colonial India. These are: (a) trends in levels of living, (b) the correlation between production of … textiles and consumption of textiles, and (c) consumption of clothing in India in relation to the rest of the world. …

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School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India

Dercon, Stefan; Park, Albert; Singh, Abhijeet - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Despite the popularity of school meals, little evidence exists on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses … newly available longitudinal data from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to estimate the impact of the introduction of a … ameliorated the deterioration of health in young children caused by a severe drought. Correcting for self-selection into the …

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A Gini Decomposition Analysis of Inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the Transition

Garner, Thesia I; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Disposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using Family Budget Survey data, increased very little, and by a similar amount, from 1989–93 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This surprising result is examined with an analysis of changes in the channels of...

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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development

Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper analyses China’s institution - a regionally...

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Civil Society, Institutional Change and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition

Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro F; Fidrmuc, Jan; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between differences in civil society development under communism and divergence in the nature and pace of political and economic reform and transformation after 1989. We put together a unique data set on dissident activities for the 27 former centrally...

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After the Honeymoon: On the Economics and the Politics of Economic Transformation

Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper focuses on the obvious: Pareto-improving programmes may fail to improve everyone's lot. Politically, it has often been interpreted as a requirement that a majority should benefit from the change. Events in Central and Eastern Europe suggest otherwise and cast doubt on the relevance of...

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Crises, What Crises?

Campos, Nauro F; Hsiao, Cheng; Nugent, Jeffrey B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises that are the most important drivers of structural...

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Trade Performance and Trade Policy in Central and Eastern Europe

Drábek, Zdenek; Smith, Alasdair - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The radical liberalization of foreign trade in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989 has been a key part of the economic reform and has been accompanied by a full-scale geographical reorientation of international trade from East to West. Increased trade with the EU has been associated with...

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Growth Accelerations

Hausmann, Ricardo; Pritchett, Lant; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, we focus on turning points in growth performance. We look for instances of rapid acceleration in economic growth that are sustained for at least eight years and identify more than 80 such episodes since the 1950s. Growth accelerations tend to be...

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