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Privatization and Productivity in Romanian Industry: Evidence from a Comprehensive Enterprise Panel
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
We construct and analyze a unique database with 1992-99 information on privatization transactions and labor … describe the post-privatization ownership structure and to test the effect of alternative privatization policies on firm … and domestic blockholders, but insider and mass privatization are also estimated to have positive, although smaller …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566810
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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using … comprehensive financial and accounting data on China’s listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive … cash compensation (salary and bonus) for top executives with respect to shareholder value in China. In addition, sales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566733
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Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Bargain, Olivier; Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper is one of the first comprehensive attempts to compare earnings in urban China and India over the recent … levels in China and significantly accentuates the reversal of the wage gap in favour of this country for the first half of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761863
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The Determinants of Asset Stripping: Theory and Evidence from the Transition Economies
Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703447
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Are Oligarchs Productive? Theory and Evidence
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Grygorenko, Yegor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper develops a partial equilibrium model to account for stylized facts about the behavior of oligarchs, politically and economically strong conglomerates in transition and developing countries. The model predicts that oligarchs are more likely than other owners to invest in productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763656
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Do Markets Favor Women’s Human Capital More than Planners?
Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Using micro data on women in the Czech Republic, we compare returns to various measures of human capital at the end of communism (1989), in mid-transition (1996) and in late/posttransition (2002). We show: dramatic increases in returns to education from 1989 to 1996 but no change from 1996 to 2002;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822627
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The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates have reduced, in the case of Belarus women’ activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender pay gap. This paper investigates why this is the case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822791
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The Polish Growth Miracle: Outcome of Persistent Reform Efforts
Lehmann, Hartmut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Since the beginning of transition in 1990 from a centrally planned to a market oriented economy, the performance of Poland’s economy has been outstanding if we take GDP growth as our measure. It is not specific reforms that can explain this performance but the radical (“big bang”) reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544320
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The Emerging Aversion to Inequality: Evidence from Poland 1992–2005
Grosfeld, Irena; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish transition experience, and explore individuals' self-reported attitudes. Using unusually long and frequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761970
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Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism
Assaad, Ragui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884150