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Does corporate governance reform necessarily boost firm performance? : recent evidence from Russia
Kuznecovs, Mihails; Pal, Sarmistha - 2012
This paper examines whether the introduction of corporate governance (CG) reforms in general and that of transparency and disclosure (T&D) rules in particular can necessarily boost firm performance. Existing literature suggests that CG reforms can boost performance because it can resolve the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537271
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Shocked by therapy? : unemployment in the first years of the socio-economic transition in Poland and its long-term consequences
Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - 2018
market economy in Poland. These individual experiences are matched with outcomes observed in the survey about 20 years later …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798238
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Are specific skills an obstacle to labor market adjustment?
Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián; Wasmer, Etienne - 2010
turbulence; a large economy with rigid labor markets, Poland, and a small open economy with increased flexibility, Estonia. We …. Quantitative exercises suggest that the over-specialization of the labor force in Poland led to much higher and persistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153578
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Changes in the structure of earnings during the Polish transition
Keane, Michael P.; Prasad, Eswar S. - 2002
We document changes in the structure of earnings during the economic transition in Poland. We find that inequality in … substantially, and by similar amounts. This illustrates how even state-owned enterprises in Poland moved towards competitive wage …, in contrast to the U.S. and U.K. experiences, increases in within-group inequality in Poland were very different across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411426
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The distribution of wages in Poland, 1992 - 2002
Newell, Andrew (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper analyses the changes in the size distribution of wages in Poland over a decade of transition. Until about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002615662
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Wage determination under communism and in transition : evidence from Central Europe
Basu, Swati (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002239413
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Regional unemployment and its persistence in transition countries
Bornhorst, Fabian (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001980068
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002481016
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The emerging aversion to inequality : evidence from Poland 1992 - 2005
Grosfeld, Irena (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper provides an illustration of the changing tolerance for inequality in a context of radical political and economic transformation and rapid economic growth. We focus on the Polish transition experience, and explore individuals' self-reported attitudes. Using unusually long and frequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716524
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Multi-family households in a labour supply model : a calibration method with application to Poland
Haan, Peter (contributor); Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2008
The collective model of labour supply opened the household "black box" and allowed for individual treatment of partners in couples. However, the literature on labour supply has so far largely ignored a broader issue with special relevance to transition and developing countries - the distinction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741919