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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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Is Kazakhstan a Market Economy Yet? Getting warmer….
Eicher, Sharon - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Transition from planned to a market economy is an evolutionary process. Evolutions do not have finite beginning and ending points. We may look to the beginning of transition in 1991 when the Soviet Union broke up, or we may see it as beginning earlier, when the Soviet Union began to allow its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677629
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Bank Discrimination in Transition Economies: Ideology, Information or Incentives?
Brandt, Loren; Li, Hongbin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
We study bank discrimination against private firms in transition countries. Theoretically, we show that banks may discriminate for non-profit reasons, but this discrimination diminishes with a bank’s incentives and human capital. Employing matching bank-firm data from China, we empirically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207887
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Privatization Versus Competition: Changing Enterprise Behavior in Russia
Earle, John S.; Estrin, Saul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997
Russia. We also explore the economic effects of harder budget constraints on enterprise behavior. The empirical work is based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677389
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The Changing Corporate Governance Paradigm: Implications for Transition and Developing Countries
Berglof, Erik; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999
The rapidly growing literature studying the relationship between legal origin, investor protection, and finance has stimulated an important debate in academic circles. It has also generated a number of applied research projects and strong policy statements. This paper discusses the implications,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677653
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The Institutional Foundation of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIEs) in China
Huang, Yasheng - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999
Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) are now an important component of the Chinese economy. Since 1992, the growth of FIEs has been exponential. However our understanding of the institutional factors driving the FIE growth remains limited. This paper uses data from 39 industries in China for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677661
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Entrepreneurship and Post-Socialist Growth
Berkowitz, Daniel; DeJong, David - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
characterization of the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and economic growth within post-Soviet Russia. Russia is a useful … stages of transition. Russia has also experienced striking regional variation in subsequent growth. Conditional on variations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652569
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Income Distribution and Price Controls: Targeting a Social Safety Net During Economic Transition
Alexeev, Michael; Leitzel, James - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999
During the ongoing post-communist economic transitions, the relative well-being of many people is changing rapidly, and governments are not well positioned to accurately measure individual living standards. Under such circumstances, continued price controls over basic consumer goods within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652633
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Deindustrialisation. Lessons from the StructuralOutcomes of Post-Communist Transition
Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Zalewska, Anna - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Theoretical and empirical studies show that deindustrialisation, broadly observed in developed countries, is an inherent part of the economic development pattern. However, post-communist countries, while being only middle-income economies, have also experienced deindustrialisation. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784647
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Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore … reforming Russia than in “gradualist” Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207903