In the transition from central planning to a market economy in the 1990s, governments focused on privatizing or closing …

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …

, but increased slightly during the transition, while job destruction rose markedly. Heterogeneity in firm employment change … during the socialist period, while they have made a strong positive contribution during the transition. Privatization and …

Transition has involved major job destruction and creation. This paper examines the skill content of these changes … using a detailed three country firm survey. It shows that transition has exerted a strong bias against unskilled labour who …

the transition, up until the shock is fully absorbed. Viability is a function of the speed of job destruction and the … during the transition. Within the realm of feasible scenarios unemployment differentials are basically determined by the …

adjustments have become more sensitive to adjustment costs during the transition, but worker and manager ownership are associated …

market economies. These transitions entail far-reaching and complex changes in social, economic and political institutions … that characterise the transition process in both the economic and political realms. Contrary to a widespread assumption …, market-supporting institutions do not necessarily arise when assets are privatised in a highly unstable and uncertain …

Thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is rather clear what transition policies have worked. Almost …