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The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of communism

Becker, Sascha O.; Mergele, Lukas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020

described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in …

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Former Communist party membership and present-day entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2019

After the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, former party members were particularly likely to start …

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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 … German separation and later reunification, we show that living under communism has had lasting effects on free speech …

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Lost in transition? : the returns to education acquired under communism 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Brunello, Giorgio; Crivellaro, Elena; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2010

Using data for 22 economies in Eastern and Western Europe, we find evidence that having studied under communism is … Republic. We also find that post-secondary education acquired under communism yields higher, not lower, payoffs than similar …

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Returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy

Terrell, Katherine D.; Švejnar, Jan; Münich, Daniel - 2000

Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new …

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Top-down vs. bottom-up : the long-term impact of government ideology and personal experience on values

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2013

with ideological socialization. -- communism ; values ; performance-enhancement drugs ; Berlin ; natural experiment …

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Bread and bullets

Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016

Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...

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