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Transition from plan to market, height and well-being

Adserà, Alícia; Dalla Pozza, Francesca; Guriev, Sergej; … - 2019

Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of transition are shorter than...

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Echoes of the past : the enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values

Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2023

This paper studies the long-term consequences of communism on present-day freedom of expression values in two settings - East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that...

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Double-edged sword: persistent effects of communism on life satisfaction

Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2021

Communism was a two-edged sword for the trustees of the former regime. Communist party members and their relatives enjoyed status and privileges, while secret police informants were often coerced to work clandestinely and gather compromising materials about friends, colleagues, and neighbors. We...

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Did growth and reforms increase citizens' support for the transition?

Golinelli, Roberto; Rovelli, Riccardo - 2011

How did post-communist transformations affect people's perceptions of their economic and political systems? We model a pseudo-panel with 89 country-year clusters, based on 13 countries observed between 1991 and 2004, to identify the macro and institutional drivers of the public opinion. Our main...

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The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's mortality crisis

Bhattacharya, Jay; Gathmann, Christina; Miller, Grant - 2012

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 …

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Understanding interhousehold transfers in a transition economy : evidence from Russia

Kuhn, Randall; Stillman, Steven - 2002

-age populations in the world). Informal networks in Russia are likely to take on distinctive characteristics as the country's economic … found in much wealthier countries. Although it is often assumed that the elderly in Russia are a highly vulnerable economic …

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Children of Communism : the former party membership and demand for redistribution

Libman, Alexander; Popova, Olga - 2022

of the Communist parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia and their children. Using the individual …-level survey data, we show that there are striking differences between Russia and the CEE countries in this respect. While in the … rest of the population, in Russia former CPSU members do not exhibit stronger preferences for redistribution - at the same …

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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?

Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019

In this paper we determine the industry 4.0 (I4.0) readiness of eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs): Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. We outline the nature of manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct...

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Can economic crises be good for your diet?

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - 2011

With fortuitously timed data - collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria - we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...

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Post-socialist transition and the intergenerational transmission of education in Kyrgyzstan

Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir - 2013

We investigate long-term trends in the intergenerational transmission of education in a low income country undergoing a transition from socialism to a market economy. We draw on evidence from Kyrgyzstan using data from three household surveys collected in 1993, 1998 and 2011. We find that...

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