increasing unhappiness which accompanied the transition process, including deteriorating public goods, rising inequality, income … satisfaction differentials between transition and non-transition economies. In this paper, I specifically examine the life … satisfaction gap between post-socialist and advanced countries and the role of political institutions in explaining this gap. My …

One of the strongest stylized facts of the transition is also one of the most unexpected: after 1989 Central and … Eastern European and Former Soviet Union countries diverged massively. Institutions are a main reason. The EU anchor thesis …

-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …

documents the evolution of labor market institutions and policies in the transition region. The data show a clear trend towards … institutions ; unemployment ; transition economies …This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and …

identification, they too narrowly defined what Northian institutions entail. As a matter of fact, political, legal and economic … institutions are highly malleable even in advanced economies, while sustained economic growth could well be deep rooted in … individual beliefs, social norms and informal cultural organizations. -- institutions ; economic growth ; development …

the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 … institutional development. -- EU ; NATO ; transition economies ; institutional change ; governance …

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … market and the product market. The last part reviews recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect …

; labor market institutions ; transition economies …This paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of … market institutions, which are among candidate explanations for the very diverse trajectories of labor markets in the region …

Even though informal employment is wide-spread in transition economies the literature on this phenomenon in the region … definition used. We then discuss studies that attempt to test for labor market segmentation in transition economies along the … before we can make definitive statements about whether labor markets are integrated or segmented in transition economies …