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Economic Reforms and Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation in the Post-Soviet Transition
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2004
paper studies the consequences of enterprise privatization and liberalization of product markets, labor markets, and imports … in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Analyzing interfirm reallocation of output, labor, capital, and an … input index with annual industrial census data from 1985 to 2001, we find that Soviet Russia displayed low reallocation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261809
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262559
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The gender earnings gap inside a Russian firm: first evidence from personnel data - 1997 to 2002
Dohmen, Thomas J.; Lehmann, Hartmut; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2008
Using unique personnel data from one Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 we study the size, development and determinants of the gender earnings gap in an internal labor market during late transition. The gap is sizable but declines strongly over the entire period. Gender earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268756
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Institutions, networks and entrepreneurship development in Russia: an exploration
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - 2006
In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia …. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak … institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267935
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The finnish great depression: from Russia with love
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Mendoza, Enrique G.; Tesar, Linda L. - 2009
During the period 1991-93, Finland experienced the deepest economic downturn in an industrialized country since the 1930s. We argue that the culprit behind this Great Depression was the collapse of Finnish trade with the Soviet Union, because it induced a costly restructuring of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268947
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How Transition Paths Differ : Enterprise Performance in Russia and China
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Estrin, Saul - 2005
We use enterprise data to analyse and contrast the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find … with ownership or institutional factors. However, in Russia, enterprise growth is not associated with increases in factor … that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs, but not correlated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271757
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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
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319535
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Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia …. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak … institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763681
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Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies
Earle, John S.; Sakova, Zuzana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
-experiment" for understanding the sources of entrepreneurship. A relative demand-supply model and an individual sectoral choice model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703823