communism (1989), in mid-transition (1996) and in late/posttransition (2002). We show: dramatic increases in returns to … returns to education obtained during communism vs. transition; no change in wage-experience profiles over time; and similar … the planners did; all the adjustment occurred in early transition and was driven by market forces rather than private …

communism (1989), in mid-transition (1996) and in late/posttransition (2002). We show: dramatic increases in returns to … returns to education obtained during communism vs. transition; no change in wage-experience profiles over time; and similar … the planners did; all the adjustment occurred in early transition and was driven by market forces rather than private …

The success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is crucial for the development of the Czech economy. Czech SMEs … Government strategies and policies that aim to promote economic growth and business development in the Czech Republic. …

Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - and the euro area in terms of differences in productivity growth between …

In this paper, we investigate whether the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) effect holds for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland …, Slovakia and Slovenia during the transition process. The co-integration analysis suggests that the importance of the B-S effect …

The paper examines the evolution of income per capita for a sample of high-income transition countries in the period … human capital accumulation and total fertility rate. Our evidence suggests that high-income transition countries experienced …

science-based or to use research and development intensively, in the East Central European (ECE) context. On the basis of case …

science-based or to use research and development intensively, in the East Central European (ECE) context. On the basis of case …

A 2002 survey of 1089 Czechs and 501 Slovaks, as well as a more limited survey of Hungary, and Poland, indicates that … frequent tax evaders and a 12% increase in the number who never evade. Governments in transition countries who suffer from weak …

are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated self-employment earnings premia … related to schooling, pre-transition family income, receipt of property in restitution, pre-communist family business …