Transition to the market economy in ECA opened up a range of potential opportunities for young people. It has also …

. Using the Life in Transition Survey II for 34 countries of Europe and Central Asia, we find that older individuals are less …

increase in divorce rates across Europe. We use a quasi-experimental set-up and exploit the different timing of the reforms in … legal reforms account for about 20 percent of the increase in divorce rates in Europe between 1960 and 2002 …

America – specifically South America and Mexico (SAM) – and East Asia, over the 32 years preceding the Great Recession (1976 … (closest) North; ii) the East Asia – SAM education gap's impact equals that of trade plus governance; iii) an increase in SAM …'s ETG to East Asia's level raises TFP by over 100 percent and fully accounts for its TFP gap with East Asia; and iv) South …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe …

Countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia are in their third decade of independence. What impact does this have … education in 28 transition and 20 non-transition countries in Europe and Central Asia are analyzed using panel data analysis and … centrally planned economy to a market economy increases the returns to schooling in post-socialist countries positively and …