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Economic Inequality in Central, East and Southeast Europe
Leitner, Sebastian; Holzner, Mario - In: Intervention. European Journal of Economics and … 05 (2008) 1, pp. 155-188
The article analyses the issue of economic inequality in the transition economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe … part we point at the fact that the rise in income inequality was triggered by the magnitude of transitional output loss and … a reduction of formal employment. Rising wage inequality was at the core of total income dispersion, while government …
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Do (successful) stock exchanges support or hinder institutions in transition economies?
Hartwell, Christopher A. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-18
A stock exchange and the presence of functioning equity markets are part and parcel of an advanced market-based financial system. Previous research has also established that equity markets function more efficiently in the presence of supporting institutions such as property rights and rule of...
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The effects of privatization on exports and jobs
Todo, Yasuyuki - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
The privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOE) in transition economies has often been found to improve employment and productivity of privatized SOEs, despite policymakers’ fears regarding possible job cuts. This positive effect can be enhanced if privatization also promotes firms’...
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Childcare expansion and mothers’ employment in post-socialist countries
Lovász, Anna - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
In 2002, the EU set targets for expanding childcare coverage, but most of the post-socialist countries are behind schedule. While childcare expansion places a heavy financial burden on governments, low participation in the labor force by mothers, especially those with children under the age of...
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In search of opportunities? The barriers to more efficient internal labor mobility in Ukraine
Koettl, Johannes; Kupets, Olga; Olefir, Anna; Santos, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 3 (2014), pp. 1-28
Ukraine's economy lacks dynamism, and this is both the cause and the effect of people not moving across the regions. The rate at which Ukrainians move from one region to another within the country is only half of what would be expected in comparison with other countries. This paper examines the...
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Drivers and strategies of international new ventures from a Central European transition economy
Nowiński, Witold; Rialp, Alex - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 2, pp. 191-231
This paper contributes to SME internationalization theory by offering regionspecific propositions on early internationalization of Central and Eastern European (CEE) firms. We suggest that special treatment of international new ventures from CEE transition economies is justified due to...
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Can government policies reverse undesirable declines in fertility?
Brainerd, Elizabeth - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
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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Post-enlargement emigration and new EU members' labor markets
Zaiceva, Anzelika - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
The recent EU enlargements into Central and Eastern Europe and increased labor mobility within the Union provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source...
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Social policy as an institutional transformation problem
Boroch, Wilfried - In: Intereconomics 31 (1996) 3, pp. 139-146
In the transition from the command economy to the market economy it is becoming more and more urgent for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to readjust their social policies and reorganise their social security systems. In doing so, the conflict between social solidarity and individual...
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Globalization, transformation and the diffusion of management innovations
Mikl-Horke, Gertraude - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 9 (2004) 2, pp. 98-122
This paper suggests a shift from the discourse on transfer and transition with regard to CEE societies towards one focusing on transformation processes that come with globalization. Since globalization can be interpreted as the spread of ideas, informations, practices, goods and techniques, the...
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