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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the …

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Innocenti Social Monitor 2002

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project - 2002

Social Monitor 2002 reviews recent socio-economic developments in the 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It contains three articles: Social trends in transition: an update on trends in a range of topics including income and poverty, fertility,...

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Innocenti Social Monitor 2002 (Russian version)

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project - 2002

Социальный мониторинг, 2002 год содержит обзор социально экономических тенденций в 27 странах Центральной и Восточной Европы, а также Содружества Независимых...

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A Decade of Transition

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project - 2001

The MONEE project Regional Monitoring Report of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre is a unique source of information on the social side of the transition taking place in the 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Each year’s Report contains an...

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Young People in Changing Societies - Summary

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project - 2000

Young People in Changing Societies focuses on the experiences of the ‘transition generation’ - the 65 million young people aged 15-24 in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. They are putting the reforms of the last decade to the test as the first generation...

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Young People in Changing Societies

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project - 2000

This seventh Regional Monitoring Report focuses on the experiences of young people during the transition. It examines the advantages and the obstacles youth encounter as they grow up in rapidly transforming societies. The Report covers a broad range of issues, including the participation of...

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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd, Elizabeth - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade – sometimes rapidly – from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout this period, it is unclear whether this economic...

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Motivating Russian Workers: Analysis of Age and Gender Differences

Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

three regions of Russia to analyze the gender and generational differences in factors influencing motivation to work. Five …

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Attitudes and Performance: An Analysis of Russian Workers

Linz, Susan J.; Semykina, Anastasia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between locus of control and performance among Russian employees, using survey data collected at 28 workplaces in 2002 in Taganrog and at 47 workplaces in 2003 in Ekaterinburg. We develop a measure that allows us to categorize the Russian employees...

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Employment and Wages in Enterprises Under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe and Russia

Basu, Swati; Estrin, Saul; Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

, Poland, Hungary and Russia during the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The four main findings are: 1) There is evidence of some … of demand grew over the transition, starting from zero in Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia and from sizeable … similar and those for Russia had not changed significantly; 3) Once other factors are controlled for, there is no significant …

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