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Explaining the Dynamics in Perceptions of Job Insecurity in Russia

Lokshin, Michael; Gimpelson, Vladimir; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Contrary to the experiences of other countries, perceptions of job insecurity in Russia were not correlated with the … wage distribution faced by workers. We test this hypothesis using data from ten panel rounds of Russia Longitudinal …

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Opportunistic Political Cycles: Test in a Young Democracy Setting

Akhmedov, Akhmed; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New … - 2003

This paper tests the theory of opportunistic cycles in a decade-old democracy, Russia, finds strong evidence of cycles …, and provides explanation for why previous literature often found weaker evidence. Using the comprehensive list of Russia …

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Unequal effects of liberalisation on diversification of Russia’s regions

Yakovlev, Evgeny; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - 2011

In this paper we document how the unequal liberalisation of business regulation across Russia’s regions leads to … varying effects on the diversification of Russia’s economy. We find that national liberalisation laws were better enforced in …

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What do Russians think about transition?

Denisova, Irina; Eller, Markus; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We use data from the 2006 round of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to describe perceptions of the Russian population about the transition process and the role of the state compared to that of free markets. We find that about one half of Russian population is disappointed with...

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Are Russian Commercial Courts Biased? Evidence from a Natural Bankruptcy Experiment

Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane; Sonin, Konstantin; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We study the nature of judicial bias in bankruptcy proceedings following the enactment of bankruptcy law in Russia in …

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Household Income Dynamics in Two Transition Economies

Lokshin, Michael; Ravallion, Martin - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 8 (2004) 3, pp. 1182-1182

of household incomes allowing for endogenous attrition. Our estimates for Hungary and Russia in the 1990s reveal …

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Changes in household composition as a shock-mitigating strategy

Abanokova, Kseniya; Lokshin, Michael - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

This paper uses data from the Russian Longitudinal Survey that span the two recent economic recessions of 1998 and 2008 to study the effect of declining incomes on household composition. We hypothesize that individuals face a tradeoff between taking advantages of economies of scale and...

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Household Income Dynamics in Two Transition Economies

Lokshin, Michael; Ravallion, Martin - In: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics 8 (2007) 3, pp. 1182-1182

of household incomes allowing for endogenous attrition. Our estimates for Hungary and Russia in the 1990s reveal …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004966203

Federal Tax Arrears in Russia: Liquidity Problems, Federal Redistribution or Russian Resistance?

Ponomareva, Maria; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Three hypotheses about the nature of federal tax arrears in Russia in the second half of the 1990s are tested …

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Capture of Bankruptcy: Theory and Evidence from Russia

Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane; Sonin, Konstantin; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

the legal system in Russia is faulted by the capture of regional divisions of arbitrage courts. We analyse the …

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