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Conventional wisdom holds that international trade agreements can be used as external pressures and credible commitments to overcome opposition and lock in domestic economic reforms. This belief, however, underestimates the ability of politicians to use international trade agreements to leverage...
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Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … consumption and mortality during the campaign experienced larger transition era increases, and (3) Other former Soviet states and … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …
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Since 1989 fertility and family formation have declined sharply in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Fertility rates are converging on - and sometimes falling below - rates in Western Europe, most of which are below replacement levels. Concerned about a shrinking and aging...
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Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … consumption and mortality during the campaign experienced larger transition era increases, and (3) Other former Soviet states and … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …
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Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market on objective and subjective … well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms: cohorts born around the start of … transition are shorter than their older or younger peers. The difference in height suggests that the first years of reform were …
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Using newly available data, we re-evaluate the impact of transition from plan to market in former communist countries … on objective and subjective well-being. We find clear evidence of the high social cost of early transition reforms …: cohorts born around the start of transition are about 1 centimetre shorter than their older or younger peers. We provide …
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transition countries from 1992 to 2007, applying different empirical models. -- Democracy ; Liberalization ; Economic Growth … ; Transition Countries …
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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht erstmalig für die Ukraine und Polen, wie der Wechsel der vertretenen Regierungspartei in der Region und die Absorptionsfähigkeit von FDI das regionale Wirtschaftswachstum beeinflussen. Die empirische Analyse erfolgt auf regionaler Ebene für den Zeitraum...
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education. It explores which students are most affected by the transition and also provides a summary of student recommendations … to help improve the transition. Using a case study of Ireland, the results indicate that students find time management … research. Older students are found to be more likely to struggle with the transition. The findings indicate that prior academic …
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