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Changes in the Structure of Earnings During the Polish Transition

Prasad, Eswar - 2002

This paper documents that inequality in labor earnings increased substantially during the economic transition in Poland … that even state-owned enterprises in Poland moved toward competitive wage setting during the transition. Education premia …-group inequality in Poland were very different across skill groups, with much larger increases for highly educated workers …

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China : An Evolving Market Economy: A Review of Reform Experience

Kochhar, Kalpana - 1992

This paper examines China’s reform experience since 1978, reviewing major initiatives taken and assessing their impact on economic structure and their implications for macroeconomic management and stability. It identifies some of the special conditions before and during the reform process that...

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From Centrally-Planned to Market Economies : The Road from CPE to PCPE

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1991

This paper deals with the early stages of transformation of centrally-planned economies (CPEs) into market economies during which expectations play a key role. It focuses on the transitional phase during which the economy is not any more a CPE but has not yet become a market economy. During this...

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Inflation and Stabilization in Transition Economies : A Comparison with Market Economies

Végh Gramont, Carlos A. - 1995

A simple model is developed to understand inflationary pressures and stabilization in nonmarket economies. In light of the model, the paper reviews the inflation and stabilization experiences of several transition economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. These experiences are...

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Towards a Market Economy : Structures of Governance

Dhonte, Pierre - 1997

This paper proposes an operational interpretation of the concept of economic governance. It argues that the capacity of governments to credibly ensure a secure economic environment provides an important benchmark against which governance can be evaluated. Such an environment—which is essential...

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Financial and Enterprise Restructuring in Emerging Market Economies

Fries, Steven M. - 1994

This paper examines alternative approaches to building sound financial structures in emerging market economies. The foremost task is to resolve the bad loan problem and to recapitalize insolvent state banks. By restoring an incentive for banks to price accurately the risks of new lending, this...

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Stabilization and Structural Change in Russia, 1992-94

Koen, Vincent - 1995

Macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms in Russia since 1992 have been proceeding in a rather chaotic fashion. The Russian variety of economic gradualism has seen a sharp decline in output, though less than indicated by official statistics, and relatively resilient household...