We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and … one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus …, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization while controlling for individual and time fixed effects and …

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 Kyrgyzstan, like Eastern European middle income transition economies, generally …

Kyrgyzstan Study, a rich longitudinal data set from a transition economy with high levels of international temporary migration …

(migrant monetary transfers), and alcohol consumption of migrant household members staying behind in Kyrgyzstan, a poor post …

Using data from the 2011 and 2016 Life in Kyrgyzstan surveys, we examine Kyrgyz women's labour supply elasticities at …

habits among boys in remittance or transfer receiving households. In the long run, Kyrgyzstan needs human capital development …

evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …

-oriented issue of why a large number of efficient firms disappeared during mass privatization in a booming economy of Montenegro …. Econometrically, we present the first study to look at firms that disappeared during a mass privatization transition, improving upon … remaining in samples when estimating the effects of privatization or other ownership changes. We also show that one needs to …

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition …