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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. - 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/10011415087
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor);  … - 2008
Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging market economies to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using recent data on firms in 27 transition economies, we test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652694
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A call for comparative research : consequences of a rising income inequality for state activities
Neubäumer, Renate - 2011
The aim of this discussion paper is not only to activate a debate over the interrelation between rising income inequality and economic policy measures but also to initiate comparative research in several European countries and North America. It discusses the consequences of a rising income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244110
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Understanding the contributions of reallocation to productivity growth : lessons from a comparative firm-level analysis
Brown, J. David (contributor); Earle, John S. (contributor) - 2008
; Hungary ; Lithuania ; Romania ; Russia ; Ukraine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755335
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The changing intra-household resource allocation in Russia
Lacroix, Guy (contributor); Radtchenko, Natalia (contributor) - 2008
During the transition toward a market economy, Russian workers have had to face important structural changes in the labour market as well as dramatic changes in their real earnings. In the process, the wage gap between men and women has varied wildly over that period. In recent years, young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759922
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Contract violations, neighborhood effects, and wage arrears in Russia
Earle, John S. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002120369
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Stuck between surplus and shortage : demand for skills in the Russian industry
Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E. (contributor);  … - 2009
large-scale survey of Russian manufacturing firms. -- Labour shortage ; skills ; training ; transition economies ; Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794064
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Entrepreneurship in transition economies : the role of institutions and generational change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942200
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Returns to education in four transition countries : quantile regression approach
Staneva, Anita; Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza; Murphy, Philip - 2010
from Bulgaria, Russia, Kazakhstan and Serbia in 2003, we show that the return to education is heterogeneous across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011538
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Equilibrium wage arrears : a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional lock-in
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2000
payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339102