. All firms operate in agribusiness or related activities in a semi-urban area. An assessment of the short-term impacts …

likely to cause variation in performance. This paper looks at Russia in particular. The main idea of this paper is to analize … ; regional labor markets ; Russia …

companies in Russia and using the difference-in-difference estimator, the study finds a statistically and economically … changes in the empirical specification. -- Investor protection ; company law ; dual class stock ; class rights ; Russia …

in Russia 2003. A much larger urban to rural income gap in combination with a much smaller proportion of people living in …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers … residents in China and in urban Russia to be very similar. -- income distribution ; inequality ; China ; Russia ; public …

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering … and is found to be similar across countries. As at the end of the 1980s, the gender wage gap is larger in Russia where … become stronger than in Russia. The earnings penalty of being employed in the public service sector in Russia has increased …

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as … lethal as commonly suggested. -- mortality ; transition ; alcohol ; Russia …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … and less corruption when bureaucracies are large. -- Privatization ; bureaucracy ; economic reform ; Russia …

the number of campuses and college graduates in Russia. Our empirical strategy relies on the marginal treatment effect …