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Entrepreneurship in the East German transition process : lessons for the Korean Peninsula
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2016
This paper summarizes the role of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation process that followed the breakdown of the socialist regime and subsequent unification with West Germany. The main aim of this exercise is to derive conclusions and recommendations for a potential unification of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011562594
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The Czech transition : the importance of microeconomic fundamentals
Švejnar, Jan; Uvalić, Milica - 2009
We examine the case of the Czech Republic, which has been frequently cited as one of the most successful cases of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Despite the costs related to the break-up of Czechoslovakia in late 1992 and 1993, the immediate consequences were quickly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845027
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The feminization of agriculture in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon; Wegerich, Kai - 2018
understand the feminization phenomenon in rural Tajikistan. Agrarian reforms, seasonal male labor outmigration, and the … post-Soviet transition countries such as Tajikistan, the process of feminization grew from the need to take on jobs and to … experience in new employment positions. We contribute to the knowledge on feminization by conducting qualitative, case based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011811780
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So many rocket scientists, so few marketing clerks : estimating the effects of economic reform on occupational mobility in Estonia
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2008
Why do workers change occupations? This paper investigates occupational mobility and its determinants following a large unexpected shock (communism's collapse in 1989.) Our calculations show that from 1989 to 1995 between 35 and 50 percent of Estonian workers changed occupations (classified at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793275
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Where to work? : gender differences in labor market outcomes during economic crisis
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John S. - 2011
In Central and Eastern European women started the process of transition from socialist to market economies with a status quo that differed markedly from women in both developed western and traditional developing economies. They enjoyed an equal or higher level of education than men, virtually no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008653
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Changes in occupational demand structure and their impact on individual wages
Fedorets, Alexandra - 2011
This paper estimates wage losses arising due to changes in the structure of demand for occupations. The data on occupational changes made for the sake of adjustment to the changes in the demand structure come from the German reunification of 1990. Endogenous occupational changes are instrumented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379528
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Post-socialist transition and the intergenerational transmission of education in Kyrgyzstan
Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir - 2013
We investigate long-term trends in the intergenerational transmission of education in a low income country undergoing a transition from socialism to a market economy. We draw on evidence from Kyrgyzstan using data from three household surveys collected in 1993, 1998 and 2011. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724824
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Post-socialist transition and the intergenerational transmission of education in Kyrgyzstan
Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir - 2013
We investigate long-term trends in the intergenerational transmission of education in a low income country undergoing a transition from socialism to a market economy. We draw on evidence from Kyrgyzstan using data from three household surveys collected in 1993, 1998 and 2011. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729022
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Labor market adjustment : is Russia different?
Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E.; Kapeljušnikov, R. I. - 2011
The paper discusses how the Russian labor market has been evolving over two decades of the transition. It starts with tracing key labor market indicators such as employment, unemployment, labor force participation, working hours, and real wages. Their dynamics indicate that the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235191
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Post-Socialist Transition and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Kyrgyzstan
Brück, Tilman - 2013
We investigate long-term trends in the intergenerational transmission of education in a low income country undergoing a transition from socialism to a market economy. We draw on evidence from Kyrgyzstan using data from three household surveys collected in 1993, 1998 and 2011. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083381