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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Peter, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia's 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998-2004. Utilizing...

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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We exploit the exogenous change in marginal tax rates created by the Russian flat tax reform of 2001 to identify the effect of taxes on labor supply of males and females. We apply the weighted difference-in-difference regression approach and instrumental variables to the labor supply function...

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Labor Market Flexibility in Central and East Europe

Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

I explore the extent to which insufficient labor market flexibility is an important factor causing Central and East European (CEE) economies to perform worse than they could and hence slowing down their readiness to enter the European Union. My conclusion is that labor market flexibility is an...

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Determinants of Non-Employment and Unemployment Durations in East Germany

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Following monetary union with the west in June 1990, the employment rate for east German 18-54 year olds fell from 89% to 73% in six years, and the decline for women was considerably larger. This employment fall is possibly the worst of any European transition economy, yet one might have...

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Wages, Layoffs, and privatization: Evidence from Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitov, Volodymyr - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Men's wage inequality in Serbia's transition

Kecmanovic, Milica - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 1, pp. 65-86

Wage inequality is considered to have been quite compressed in socialist economies. In this paper I analyse how men …'s wage inequality has changed during the period of transition to a market economy in Serbia, a country which has experienced …) decomposition methodology and five annual Labour Force Surveys (2001–2005). I find that the change in wage inequality is mostly …

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La Dolce Vita: Hedonic Estimates of Quality of Life in Italian Cities

Colombo, Emilio; Michelangeli, Alessandra; Stanca, Luca - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2010

This paper provides an assessment of quality of life in Italian cities using the hedonic approach. We analyze micro-level data for housing and labor markets to estimate compensating differentials for local amenities within five domains: climate, environment, services, society and economy. The...

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Meddig tart a rendszerváltás?. Esettanulmány egy szövöde átalakulásáról, 1988-1996

Köllő, János - In: Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the … L (2003) 5, pp. 406-427

A privatizáció üteme alapján Magyarországot a gyors reformerek közé szokás sorolni. A szocialista vállalatok kezdeti megújulása azonban sok esetben puszta méretcsökkentésre és az erőforrások kicsemegézésére (valamint névcserére) korlátozódott. Az átalakult cégek...

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Does labor supply respond to a flat tax? : evidence from the Russian tax reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009

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