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A Multi-Task Theory of the State Enterprise Reform
Bai, Chong-En; Li, David D.; Tao, Zhigang; Wang, Yijiang - 2001
During transition, maintaining employment and providing a social safety net to the unemployed are important to social stability, which in turn is crucial for the productivity of the whole economy. Because independent institutions for social safety are lacking and firms with strong profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014144003
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"Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis" : is there really a relationship?
Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2010
We reexamine the recent, well-publicized claim that “rapid mass privatisation [of state-owned enterprises]…was a crucial determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in postcommunist countries” (Stuckler, King and McKee, 2009). Our analysis shows that the estimated correlation of...
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Transzformációs sokk heterogén munkaerő-piacon
Balla, Katalin; Köllő, János; Simonovits, András - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994) assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers' productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully absorbed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494671
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Transition with heterogeneous labor
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994), assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers' productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003339774
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Transzformációs sokk heterogén munkaerő-piacon
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994) assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers’ productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435315
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Did post-communist privatization increase mortality?
Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - In: Comparative economic studies 53 (2011) 2, pp. 239-260
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Subjective well-being in China, 2005-2010 : the role of relative income, gender and location
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Xiao, Saizi; Yeoh, Kok Kheng - 2016
-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … find that women, urban residents and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health and … China, conditional on socio-economic differences. On the other hand, rural residents are poorer than urban residents so that …
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Enhancing Income Convergence in Central Europe after EU Accession
Lenain, Patrick - 2004
After nearly fifteen years of transition, the countries of Central Europe have entered the European Union on 1 May 2004. For the four countries that are members of the OECD (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovak Republic), accession follows multiyear efforts of economic stabilisation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446298
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The labor market in Azerbaijan
Rahmanov, Ramiz; Qasimov, Asif; Tahirova, Gulzar - 2016
This paper analyzes the development of the labor market in Azerbaijan from the early 1990s until the early 2010s. The analysis shows that the labor market has a range of positive characteristics such as high labor force participation and employment, low youth and female unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502288
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Privatization in transition economies: Privatization scale and country size
Goel, Rajeev K.; Budak, Jelena - In: Economic systems 30 (2006) 1, pp. 98-110
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