economic reforms in transition countries, it becomes evident that Ukraine belongs to a very small group of eastern European … transition countries that implemented very little economic reforms. The paper attempts to evaluate major macroeconomic …

the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 …

We present a theoretical model postulating that the relationship between crime and governance is "hump-shaped" rather …. At the bottom end of the spectrum, therefore, both legal business and criminal gangs benefit from improved governance …, especially when this is delivered informally. With significant improvements in formal governance criminal activities decline. We …

and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio … part of gender differences in remittance behavior. Second, employing gender interaction terms for the social network … effects suggests that remittance behavior is affected by traditional gender roles. Third, the migrant's social integration in …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations … clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. Nevertheless …

immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …

males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender differences …

evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …