a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across …

The rapid growth of barter is one of the most surprising phenomena in Russia: As a percentage of industrial sales it … steadily increased from 5% in 1992 to nearly 55% in 1998. Unknown in CEEC's transition countries, barter is only one aspect of … monthly data collected by the central bank of Russia, the Goskomstat, and the Russian Economic Barometer (REB), to emphasize …

The gender earnings differential in Russia 2000-02 is examined using a nationally representative household survey …

The paper analyses the transition in Russia through a theoretical model in which job-to-job mobility plays a crucial …

employer-employee data that spans the 16 years of the Soviet and transition periods in Russia (1985-2000), with a special …This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on … increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill–favoring shifts in …

a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across …

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia’s 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and …

are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated self-employment earnings premia … related to schooling, pre-transition family income, receipt of property in restitution, pre-communist family business …

. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we find ample evidence that compensating differentials for … information about values of location-specific amenities and quality of life in this large transition economy. …