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Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652625
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Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
The increase in wage inequality in Russia during its transition process has far exceeded the increase in wage … dispersion observed in other European countries undergoing transition. Russia also has an extremely large incidence of wage … arrears. We analyse to what extent wage arrears affect the wage distribution and measures of wage inequality in Russia. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652663
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Duration and Risk of Unemployment in Argentina
Galiani, Sebastian; Hopenhayn, Hugo A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of unemployment risk and develop a methodolgy to do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784596
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Job Creation, Job Destruction and Growth of Newly Established, Privatized and State-Owned Enterprises in Transition Economies: Survey Evidence from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Bilsen, Valentijn; Konings, Jozef - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997
This paper reports new and unique firm level survey evidence to investigate the micro economic nature of the growth process and structural change in three transition countries, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. In particular we investigate gross job creation and destruction in newly established...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784730
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LABOUR MARKET MATCHING EFFICIENCY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC TRANSITION
Pedraza, Pablo de - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2008
Using the matching function and the monthly and yearly data from 1992 to 2000 of 76 Czech districts, this paper studies district specific characteristics affecting matching efficiency. Among the conclusions, it was found that the higher the educational level of the labour force and the higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677704
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Labor Market Flexibility in Central and East Europe
Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
I explore the extent to which insufficient labor market flexibility is an important factor causing Central and East European (CEE) economies to perform worse than they could and hence slowing down their readiness to enter the European Union. My conclusion is that labor market flexibility is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652600
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Do Schumpeterian Waves of Creative Destruction Lead to Higher Productivity? Panel Data Evidence from Poland
Warzynski, Frederic - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
industry in Poland over the period 1993-1997. Import competition and competitve market structure (weak concentration) are found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652681
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An Analysis of Gender Wage Differentials in Russia from 1996-2002
Hansberry, Rita - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
This paper examined the male-female differentials in hourly earnings in Russia from 1996 to 2002. The gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652620
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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: A Comparative Perspective
Estrin, Saul; Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007
country samples and second, in more detail, with Brazil and Poland. Our results provide strong evidence that Russia … entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677437
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Real Exchange Rate Misalignment: Prelude to Crisis?
Kemme, David M.; Roy, Saktinil - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
real exchange rate misalignments for Poland and Russia during the 1990s using the Beveridge and Nelson (1981) decomposition … crisis. The half life of an exogenous shock is found to be much shorter for Poland than for Russia in the pre-crisis period … generate different levels of misalignment and different responses to exogenous shocks. The average misalignment in Russia is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652606