We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition …

This paper uncovers evidence on the distribution of wages in Belarus in the second half of the 1990s. The returns to …

countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Former Soviet Union (FSU), of which Belarus is a particular case. In CEE … more than participation, due to labour hoarding practices. In Belarus, only wages adjust, since (mainly state owned) firms …

The gradualist approach to economic transition in Belarus would contribute to form the a priori expectation that the …

have reduced, in the case of Belarus women’ activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender …

formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies – "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan – we investigate their …

In this paper we analyze economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly … should facilitate regional income convergence in Kazakhstan and improve living standards in depressed regions. …

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 …