This study gauges the status of transition in the formerly centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe and Central … managerial practices; and assesses transition progress at the level of 13 economic sectors. The largest transition gaps remain in …

in the West (labor supply movements, product demand shifts, technical change) or the transition-specific accounts …

aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … observed in market economies. Early in transition, more reform is associated with larger contributions from reallocation, but … later, and on average over the whole transition, this relationship is reversed. Though reallocation rates are larger in …

, 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 …