) "internationalization" of the currency; (ii) currency convertibility; and (iii) reserve currency status. Their sequencing in relation to … attaining full convertibility or meeting other prerequisites for achieving reserve currency status. Ultimately, China will … global monetary system. While China is actively promoting the internationalization of its currency, it is a long way from …

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering … and is found to be similar across countries. As at the end of the 1980s, the gender wage gap is larger in Russia where … become stronger than in Russia. The earnings penalty of being employed in the public service sector in Russia has increased …

This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis …

rich data from Russia that cover 89 regions over 10 years, from 2001 to 2010. Our empirical analysis draws on the …

With declining population and fertility rates below replacement levels, Russia is currently facing a demographic crisis …

measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after …

Contrary to the experiences of other countries, perceptions of job insecurity in Russia were not correlated with the … wage distribution faced by workers. We test this hypothesis using data from ten panel rounds of Russia Longitudinal …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

. Using recent data from Russia for 2000-2008, we find that the introduction of corporate governance codes in Russia had …