transition economies to estimate the impacts of privatization on employment and wages. The results in all four countries … consistently reject job losses and they never imply large wage cuts from privatization to either foreign or domestic owners. The … domestic privatization estimates are close to zero for employment, while for wages they are negative but small in magnitude …

models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia …This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the … measure and control for pre-privatization selection bias and to estimate long-run impacts. We find that the magnitudes of our …

We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … workers' fears, our fixed effect and random trend estimates imply little effect of domestic privatization, except for a slight … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are …

socialism in Hungary in 1990, political parties decided again to restructure agriculture. A new land distribution was carried …

employer-employee data (LEED) from Hungary containing 1.35mln worker-year observations for 21,238 firms from 1986 to 2003. We …

models imply that majority privatization raises MFP about 15% in Romania, 8% in Hungary, and 2% in Ukraine, while in Russia …This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the … measure and control for pre-privatization selection bias and to estimate long-run impacts. We find that the magnitudes of our …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated …We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … job losses from privatization, and they never imply large negative effects on wages; only for domestic privatization in …

pension plans in Hungary and funding now for the past service pension credits of their members, provides an ideal avenue for … privatizing a large part of the state owned sector in Hungary. …