the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 …

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 …. We consider recent contributions that attempt to assess the effect of labor market institutions on labor market …

This paper analyzes, using country-level panel data from transition economies and Latin America, the impact of labor … market institutions on informal economic activity. The measure of informal economic activity is taken from Schneider et al …. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …

institutions played a dominant role in shaping the transition process. Along with the EU accession process, the EU acted as a … Former Transition Economies (FTEs). The desire for a higher standard of living, to be anchored to the West, and to enter the … EU, spurred major reform waves and led to the very rapid introduction of best-practice institutions. Although social …

The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market …-supporting institutions. But many of these developments have now taken place, yet entrepreneurial activity still remains low in many places …. To analyse this longer term issue, we highlight the necessarily slow pace of development of new informal institutions and …

This paper examines the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime … institutions to increase economic growth in these economies; however, the democratization of the political institutions and foreign …

Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and … percent of official GDP) in 2002/03 in 96 developing countries is 38.7%, in 25 transition countries 40.1%, in 21 OECD …

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 …