change during the late transition period, and reinforced by market adjustment of wage ratio to the true differences in labor …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 …

employees. In the case of Ukraine, we find that public sector employees receive 24-32% less wages than their private sector …-reported compensation in the public sector. Using the conditions of labor market equilibrium, we develop an aggregate measure of bribery and …

This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow …

to the experience of other countries at a similar stage of transition. We show that informal employees earn significantly …

The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the …. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we find ample evidence that compensating differentials for … location-specific amenities exist in the labor and housing markets. Our estimated wage and housing value equations suggest that …

importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers …

occupational mobility, their labor force transitions, and their wage growth in Russia compared to the U.S. We hypothesize that the … training in workers? current fields is estimated to reduce mobility and earnings, suggesting inertial programs from the pre-transition …

wages results from a combination of rising heterogeneity between workers, rising variability in the wage premiums at …

to employment, wages, prices and household well-being. The meta-analysis finds that most results on employment and wages … are non-significant. When significant, decreases in employment and wages are more likely to occur than increases with …