We study the effect of primary commodities on development indicators in a sample of 86 countries over the period 1965-2005. To this purpose we employ a system of equations. We use interactive terms to estimate separate slope coefficients for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, Central African...

Es wird untersucht, auf welche Weise die Länder Litauen, Polen und Ungarn ihre Bildungssysteme vor dem Hintergrund der politischen und ökonomischen Transformation reformiert haben. Hierbei wird auf die unterschiedlichen Ausgangssituationen und Ziele eingegangen und untersucht, ob die gesetzten...

Mehr als zehn Jahre nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetwirtschaft stellt Russland noch immer eine sehr dynamische und komplexe Unternehmensumwelt dar, die sich in einem Zustand st?ndigen Wandels befindet. Die Charakterisierung dieser Umwelt erfolgt anhand von Erkenntnissen der interdisziplin?ren...

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia experienced a series of economic shocks, resulting in large decreases in output but limited change in employment. Using information contained in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of Russian citizens, this...

Using information contained in a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of Russian citizens, this research analyzes the determinants of unemployment duration during the early stages of economic transition. A competing-risks, discrete-time waiting model, augmented to incorporate...

This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...

During the ongoing post-communist economic transitions, the relative well-being of many people is changing rapidly, and governments are not well positioned to accurately measure individual living standards. Under such circumstances, continued price controls over basic consumer goods within the...

This paper examined the male-female differentials in hourly earnings in Russia from 1996 to 2002. The gender wage gap did not alter significantly in the earlier years, a period characterized by economic instability, but as the economy recovered, the differential in earnings increased initially....