The paper uses a large household dataset -- the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring survey -- to measure inequality and … poverty in Russia since the start of transition in 1992. What emerges is that inequality had already emerged by 1992 and has … grown subsequently. By 1996 the Gini for Russia was nearly 0.5 indicating that inequality was now comparable to, for example …

This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable "quasi … are positive, and the data imply positive selection into both employee and self-employment status. Structural probit … estimates show the probability of self-employment entry is unassociated with former Communist Party affiliation but positively …

. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …

. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …

Analyzing the self-selection of workers into formal and informal sector employment in Tajikistan, a poor transition … economy, with higher informal sector than formal sector wages and an informal sector employment share exceeding 50 percent, we … relative wages in the formal sector could thus be effective in reducing the high informal sector employment share in this …

. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …

. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …

European countries and, on the other hand, by the former Soviet Union republics such as Russia or Ukraine …