Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new … micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market … economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it is a leading transition economy in which the communist grid remained …

Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new … micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market … economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it is a leading transition economy in which the communist grid remained …

economic transition using micro-data from the Czech Republic. There is strong evidence that Czech wage structures are moving …

Small start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition. We ask about differences in their growth … across two different transition economies: Estonia, which experienced rapid destruction of pre-existing firms, and the Czech …-ups and old firms and small differences in the extent of low-wage employment in start-ups across the two transition paths …

than only in parts of) the transition period, and (4) ability to keep the long term unemployed at relatively low levels …

than only in parts of) the transition period, and (4) ability to keep the long term unemployed at relatively low levels …

The authors present a comparative analysis of employment determination in four transition economies as they moved from … transition. For the most part, firms appear to have been quick to adjust employment to wage levels, and there is little evidence … of labor hoarding. There were important cross-country variations in the determinants of employment during the reform …

Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper are used new …Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new … micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market …