more specifically the impact of human capital on per capita economic growth in transition economies in the Russian … economic growth. We estimate a system of linear and log-linear equations accounting for different time lags in the possible … impact of human capital on economic growth. …

, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of …After satisfactory performance of the transition countries in 2000, their growth slowed down in 2001 as the external … supporting growth in the year 2002 as the capital formation was generally weak in the more advanced countries and only moderately …

some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only … recorded in Serbia and Montenegro. Russia and Ukraine performed very well, registering significant and balanced growth. The … combined effects of those impacts cannot yet be reliably quantified. Russia's and Ukraine's GDP growth is likely to slow down …

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine as well as in China. For each country, it provides a forecast relating to GDP growth, inflation … positive growth figures recorded by the global economy as a whole. Central and Eastern Europe, together with Russia, Ukraine … instability. Finally, despite high GDP growth, structural distortions still characterize both Russia and Ukraine, whose economies …

but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard …

large, positive, but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of both types in Russia and Ukraine. The … negative effect in Russia, and they provide some evidence of positive foreign effects on both wages and employment in all four …

% in Hungary, and 3% in Ukraine, with some variation across specifications, while in Russia it lowers it about 4 …. The positive effects emerge within a year in Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine and continue to grow thereafter, but are still … ambiguous even after 5 years in Russia. Pre-privatization MFP exceeds that of firms remaining state-owned in all countries …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard …

Hungary and Russia are small (3-5%) negative wage effects found. Privatization to foreign investors has positive estimated … result from effects on scale, productivity, and costs that are large but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …