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Effects of labor reallocation on productivity and inequality : insights from studies on transition

Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas; Švejnar, Jan - 2016

From a theoretical perspective the link between the speed and scope of rapid labor reallocation and productivity growth or income inequality is ambiguous. Do reallocations with more flows tend to produce higher productivity growth? Does such a link appear at the expense of higher income...

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Effects of labor reallocation on productivity and inequality-insights from studies on transition

Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas; Švejnar, Jan - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586831

Wage determination under communism and in transition : evidence from Central Europe

Basu, Swati (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Employment determination in enterprises under communism and in transition : evidence from Central Europe

Basu, Swati (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to estimate dynamic employment equations for the period immediately before and after the start of … Poland. …

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Distance to the efficiency frontier and FDI spillovers

Sabirianova Peter, Klara (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this negative spilloverʺ effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …

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Do institutions, ownership, exporting and competition explain firm performance? : Evidence from 26 transition countries

Commander, Simon (contributor); Švejnar, Jan (contributor) - 2007

"We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm's top manager's perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike most existing studies that rely on external and aggregated proxy measures...

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China in light of the performance of Central and East European economies

Švejnar, Jan (contributor) - 2007

. With a rising economic instability and political pressure, countries such as Poland and the Soviet Union (CIS) had little …

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Investment, wages and ownership during the transition to a market economy : evidence from Slovenian firms

Prašnikar, Janez; Švejnar, Jan - 2003

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How to increase R&D in transition economies? : Evidence from Slovenia

Domadenik, Polona (contributor); … - 2007

Paper addresses the recent initiatives of EU Lisbon Agenda to increase level of R&D expenses in EU Member States by studying firm-level panel data in most advanced transition economy, Slovenia. Previous empirical literature mainly cross-sectional has tested the demand-pull hypothesis and found...

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Asset stripping, rule of law and firm survival : the Hoff-Stiglitz model and mass privatization in Montenegro

Koman, Matjaž; Lakičević, Milan; Prašnikar, Janez; … - 2013

We provide the first test of the Hoff and Stiglitz (2004) model predicting whether and under what conditions mass privatizations are accompanied by asset stripping. In addition to directly testing the theory, we also tackle an important policy-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient...

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