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The Response of Consumption in Russian Households to Economic Shocks

Stillman, Steven - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001

the time period studied in this paper (1994 - 1998), Russia experienced two major economic crises. Both featured extreme …

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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the former Soviet Union saw similar declines, and female life expectancy fell as well. Using cross-country and Russian household survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this...

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Does Economic Uncertainty Have an Impact on Decisions to Bear Children? Evidence from Eastern Germany

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Economic agents routinely face various types of economic uncertainty. Seldom have these various forms of uncertainty … relationship between economic uncertainty and childbearing decisions is not necessarily monotonic, and hence that the …

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Determinants of Interregional Mobility in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data

Andrienko, Yuri; Guriev, Sergei - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

flows in 1992-99, we estimate the effect of economic, political and social factors. Although overall migration is rather low …, it turns out that its intensity does depend on economic factors even controlling for fixed effects for each origin …

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Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Brainerd, Elizabeth - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

this period, it is unclear whether this economic growth translated into improved well-being for the population as a whole … prewar period these data indicate a population extremely small in stature and sensitive to the political and economic …

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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China

Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

investigating increases in inequality associated with transition and economic development. With a backdrop of perceived improvements … associated with economic reforms. The centerpiece of the paper is an empirical analysis based on a set of household surveys …

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Social Costs of Mass Privatization

Stuckler, David; King, Lawrence P. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007

According to leading economic theorists, creating capitalism out of communism requires rapid privatization. In this …

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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: A Comparative Perspective

Estrin, Saul; Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007

In this paper we use a comparative perspective to explore the ways in which institutions and networks have influenced entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate the effects of the weak institutional...

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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...

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Ceaseless Toil? Health and Labor Supply of the Elderly in Rural China

Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Fan, Jia-Zhueng - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

patterns since economic reform, but failing health only plays a small observable role in explaining declining labor supply over …

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