The report provides a comprehensive assessment of private sector environment in Bularia in the early years of the transition, as well as a policy road map for future development of a competitive private sector

Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status - not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment - and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while skilled...