We examine the role of organized labor in the restructuring experience of two coal mining regions in the 1990’s … undertook gradual restructuring from early on whereas in Jiu Valley there was no restructuring until 1997, followed by massive … conditions, and the constraints in compensating the laid-off miners. We show that the delay in restructuring in Jiu Valley was …

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

This paper examines within-industry variation in labor productivity at the beginning of Russia's transition process in …

hiring and of quits and layoffs – and they contain a rich set of firm characteristics that may affect job and worker turnover … intensity, and labor productivity, but only weakly to job and worker turnover. Little evidence is found that firms’ employment … adjustments have become more sensitive to adjustment costs during the transition, but worker and manager ownership are associated …

. Furthermore, unlike the early transition period, we can confirm that employment adjusts to positive sales growth, not just to …

spontaneous restructuring. Empirical evidence supports the idea of an inflation-output tradeoff (in terms of variations around …

We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition …