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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2004

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this ?negative spillover? effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …

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Gross Job Flows in Russian Industry Before and After Reforms: Has Destruction Become More Creative?

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2001

This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...

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Understanding the contributions of reallocation to productivity growth: lessons from a comparative firm-level analysis

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2008

We analyze comprehensive manufacturing firm data to measure the contribution of inter-firm employment reallocation to aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm...

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development : Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

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Job separations and informality in the Russian labor market

Lehmann, Hartmut; Razzolini, Tiziano; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2011

In the years 2003-2008 the Russian economy experienced a period of strong and sustained growth, which was accompanied by large worker turnover and rising informality. We investigate whether the burden of informality falls disproportionately on job separators (displaced workers and quitters) in...

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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002

Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues – including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim A.; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - 2013

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector …

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703404

Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the … change from 1995-1997 to 1998-2000. However, the distance to the frontier is orders of magnitude greater in Russia than in …, in the Czech Republic this “negative spillover” effect is diminished over time, whereas in Russia it continues to cause …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762398