complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification …

question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and nonpayment of wages, in Russia during …

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 … country samples and second, in more detail, with Brazil and Poland. Our results provide strong evidence that Russia …

The development of a vibrant private sector has been one of the key failures of the transitional period in Russia. This …

In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia … institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in … addition, the analysis explores the effectiveness of Russia’s informal networks for circumventing the weak institutional …

the time period studied in this paper (1994 - 1998), Russia experienced two major economic crises. Both featured extreme …

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

such as prevalence of corruption appear particularly important. …