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Can self-assessed health (SAH) be relied upon to identify the true socioeconomic gradients in health status? The self-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. We document this finding and assess its robustness to the assumptions...
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Russia offers the unique example of a leading centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market …-oriented economy. We offer a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian …
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Russia offers the unique example of a centrally planned economy swiftly transforming itself into a market …-oriented economy. We offer a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia, using multiple rounds of the Russian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864620
The main objective of the article is to analyse the current state of the innovation activity among the Russian enterprises. The empirical evidence shows only 13% of the sample indicated that innovation is the first priority for the firm. We propose that the Russian Government designs innovation...
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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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The FDI stock of Russia amounted to USD 15 billion at the beginning of 2002. Recorded outward direct investment covers … only a small part of the total capital outflow from Russia abroad. Capital flight represents the core of Russian capital … outside Russia. During the period 1994-2001 recorded annual FDI outflow was 10% of capital flight. The Russian government …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279337
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282559
This report analyses the political risks of Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine from a foreign firm's point of view …. Russia's increasing economic nationalism means increasing investment risk for foreign investors. The political climate in … problematic situation. All in all, political risk remains elevated in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. …
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in Russia in comparison to other CIS. We provide three company cases with subsequent discussion on ownership, control …, and corporate governance in Russia, given the increasing state leverage in the country's industrial sector. Aimed at …
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