This research addresses labor market transformation in Russia. It elaborates on the theory of job search and focuses on …; and (2) estimation of wage offer distribution for the transforming labor market. We use data from Phase II of the Russia …

A general consensus in the transition economies literature links the existence of enterprise restructuring with the … pace of the transition process and the potential for economic growth. The existing literature is less clear, however, about … whether the lack of economic growth is caused by the lack of enterprise restructuring. Complicating the debate in Russia is …

employer-employee data that spans the 16 years of the Soviet and transition periods in Russia (1985-2000), with a special …This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on … increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill–favoring shifts in …

estimates of capital productivity and firm-level efficiency in Soviet industry are correct, enterprise managers in Russia … capital stock which they inherited. Policy makers, seeking to maintain or expand tax revenues to finance the transition, may … disproportionate burden imposed on the "engines of transition." Moreover, while economic rationale might explain the higher …

Differences in the evolution of income distribution in Poland and Russia in the post-socialist era are striking: for … example, in Poland, the gini coefficient on earnings went from 0.28 to 0.33 between 1988 and 1998 while in Russia it went from … regional differences in early privatization as instruments to estimate the effect of small enterprises on income distribution …

-15. (4) In transition economies with more democratic institutions and a better quality of governance, individuals with … high market-relevant skills show a significantly larger support of the privatization status quo than individuals with low … market skills. (5) The society in Russia - triggered by a lack of social capital - chooses to demand more state regulationand …

the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging …

The authors present a result on the robust stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems exhibiting parametric …

and of policies designed to enhance it? Do greenhouse gas stabilization costs drop in the presence of international … knowledge flows crowd out domestic R&D efforts. The overall domestic pool of knowledge, and thus total net GHG stabilization …