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Stalin and the origins of mistrust
Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga; Otrachshenko, Vladimir - 2019
We show that current differences in trust levels within former Soviet Union countries can be traced back to the system of forced prison labor during Stalin's rule, which was marked by high incarceration rates, repression, and harsh punishments. We argue that those exposed to forced labor camps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005484
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Echoes of the past : the enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values
Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2023
- East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442619
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Reassessing the standard of living in the Soviet Union : an analysis using archival and anthropometric data
Brainerd, Elizabeth (contributor) - 2006
Both Western and Soviet estimates of GNP growth in the USSR indicate that GNP per capita grew in every decade … -- sometimes rapidly -- from 1928 to 1985. While this measure suggests that the standard of living improved in the USSR throughout … across the Soviet Union to reassess the standard of living in the USSR using these alternative measures of well-being. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278940
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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009
Muravyev, Alexander - 2010
former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II … the former USSR with respect to firing costs were extremely rigid and were subsequently liberalized by the 15 successor … decades. By now, the ex-USSR states as a group do not differ that much from the EU-15 and OECD countries in terms of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312896
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
backdrop of the Bolshevik-spawned narrative that played a critical role in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452045
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Migration in the Soviet successor states
Locher, Lilo - 2002
explain both return migration and migration to Russia. The emigration behavior of Jews and ethnic Germans is found to be very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413918
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612861
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From pink-collar to lab coat: cultural persistence and diffusion of socialist gender norms
Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2020
The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 led to a massive migration wave from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) to Israel. We document the persistence and transmission of the Soviet unconventional gender norms, both vertically across generations of immigrants, and horizontally through neighborhood and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239441
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Doctors without borders : the returns to an occupational license for Soviet immigrant physicians in Israel
Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M. - 2002
Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414878
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Did Soviet elderly employment respond to financial incentives? : evidence from pension reforms
Malkova, Olga - 2019
this, I evaluate pension reforms in Soviet Russia in 1964 and 1969 that allowed pensioners to receive a greater share of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138755