The transition process has had different distributional impacts across different interest groups and countries. These … have led to differences in the support for transition. In this paper, we study support attitudes for both the economic and … political transition using data from the New Barometer Surveys for 14 transition economies from 1991 to 2004. We document that …

Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional … those living in the CIS countries, especially during the 1990s. We also find evidence that transition-related hardship …

Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional … those living in the CIS countries, especially during the 1990s. We also find evidence that transition-related hardship …

. -- political economy ; post-communist transition ; economic reforms ; economic performance ; support for reforms ; public opinion …

Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non-transition … macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition which disproportionately affected …

, from the first wave of the Life in Transition Survey, I show that a range of attitudes - including diminished support for …