question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and non-payment of wages, in Russia during …

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 … effects from domestic product market competition, labor market competition, or import penetration. …

the same labor market, resulting in a network externality or strategic complementarity in the adoption of the practice. We … payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention … legal penalties – are attenuated by arrears in the local labor market. We estimate the arrears reaction function implied by …

product market competition have not led to greater job destruction overall, but rather have helped to focus the destruction in …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

observed in market economies. Early in transition, faster reform is associated with larger contributions from reallocation, but …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and …

% in Hungary, and 3% in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 … ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries …

its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in … Russia, facilitating identification through fixed effects for employees, employers, and local labor markets, and instrumental … payment equilibrium. The estimates imply that the theoretical conditions for multiple equilibria under symmetric labor market …

observed in market economies. Early in transition, more reform is associated with larger contributions from reallocation, but …