analysis shows that the estimated correlation of privatization and mortality in country-level data is not robust to recomputing … the mass-privatization measure, to assuming a short lag for economic policies to affect mortality, and to controlling for … evidence that privatization increased mortality during the early 1990s. Finally, we reanalyze the relationship between …

spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is … ; Privatization ; Business climate ; Middle East ; North Africa ; Latin America ; Post-communist ; Central and Eastern Europe …

1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that ‘mass privatization’ is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … job losses from privatization, and they never imply large negative effects on wages; only for domestic privatization in … Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated …

We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … workers’ fears, our fixed effect and random trend estimates imply little effect of domestic privatization, except for a slight … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are …

excel. Our study is the first in the privatization literature to go beyond performance comparisons and examine firm …