Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual manufacturing census data from 1985 to 2000, we find that Soviet … Russia displayed job flow behavior quite different from market economies, with very low rates of job reallocation that bore … reforming Russia than in "gradualist" Ukraine, as did the estimated effects of privatization and competitive pressures from …

, but increased slightly during the transition, while job destruction rose markedly. Heterogeneity in firm employment change … during the socialist period, while they have made a strong positive contribution during the transition. Privatization and …

demonstrated that in Russia, public procurements cannot be regarded as a component in the system of exchanges, and the extent of …-business relations ; regional development ; Russia …

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as … lethal as commonly suggested. -- mortality ; transition ; alcohol ; Russia …

to a positive evaluation of central government. Surveys were conducted in Russia and Israel as these countries provide a …

. -- Family wage gap ; Fertility ; Transition Economics; Matching …

unexplored. We draw on both longitudinal and pseudo-panel data from Russia to explore how labor market hardships relate to …

The relation between infrastructure and economic growth has been largely investigated in the literature, but the … empirical evidence found has proven to be controversial. This paper aims to empirically analyze the impact of infrastructure … stocks on economic growth. In spite of there being theoretical justification for taking infrastructure into account in …