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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition

Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh - 2004

Data from nine transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe are used to examine the role of computer adoption for returns to education. As in western economies, computers are adopted most heavily by young, educated, English-speaking workers with the best access to local telecommunications...

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Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2001

The increase in wage inequality in Russia during its transition process has far exceeded the increase in wage … arrears. We analyse to what extent wage arrears affect the wage distribution and measures of wage inequality in Russia. We … means that for those wishing to study aspects of wage differentials and inequality in Russia, it may be feasible to use the …

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Foreign direct investment and structural reforms: evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America

Campos, Nauro F.; Kinoshita, Yuko - 2008

This paper investigates the role of structural reforms - privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European countries between 1989 and 2004. Our main...

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How important are labor market institutions for labor market performance in transition countries?

Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2009

This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and labor market performance in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which in the last two decades experienced radical economic and institutional transformations. Based...

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The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 22 Transition and 21 OECD Countries

Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2002

Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) 16.7% of ?official? GDP and of 22...

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The Distribution of Wages in Transition Countries

Newell, Andrew - 2001

countries since the collapse of communism. Most countries experienced an increase in wage inequality during the initial shock of … inequality. These changes are arguably the best guide to future trends in the wage distribution. Taking the case of Poland …, rising inequality appears to be entirely accounted for by an increased incidence of workless households. This rise in …

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Human Capital Accumulation, Education and Earnings Inequality

Sunde, Uwe - 2001

This paper attempts to add to the understanding of the causes for the differing recent developments in inequality in … these shocks and countryspecific institutions are responsible for the diverging inequality patterns. The paper suggests a … to be responsible for the divergent developments in inequality. …

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Benefit Entitlement and the Labor Market: Evidence from a Large-Scale Policy Change

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions....

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South-south migration: the impact of Nicaraguan immigrants on earnings, inequality and poverty in Costa Rica

Gindling, T. H. - 2008

inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica. …

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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

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