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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2008

Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive...

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Wages, Layoffs, and Privatization: Evidence from Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitov, Vladimir - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006

This paper estimates the effects of privatization on worker separations and wages using retrospective data from a … used to control for unobservables in worker and firm selection. The results imply that privatization reduces wages by 5 … percent and cuts the layoff probability in half. Outside investor ownership reduces separations but leaves wages unaffected …

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Earnings of Balck Immigrants: Implications for Racial Discrimination

Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition

Greenwood, Michael J.; McDowell, John M. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

- source country characteristics and U.S. immigration policy - on the gender, age, and skills of immigrants coming to America. …

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Immigrants and Their International Money Flows

Pozo, Susan (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The contributors to this book present evidence on the multidimensional ties that exist between migrants in their adopted homes and the communities from which they originate.

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Privatization, Competition, and Budget Constraints: Disciplining Enterprises in Russia

Earle, John S.; Estrin, Saul - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Privatization Methods and Productivity Effects in Romanian Industrial Enterprises

Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Privatization and the Structure of Enterprise Ownership

Earle, John S.; Estrin, Saul - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Complementarity and Custom in Contract Violation

Earle, John S.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006

We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer's costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...

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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Earle, John S.; Brown, J. David - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues-including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...

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