Using a unique dataset for 14 transition economies, we propose a new measure for individual evaluations of transitional … those living in the CIS countries, especially during the 1990s. We also find evidence that transition-related hardship …

Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non-transition … macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition which disproportionately affected …

, from the first wave of the Life in Transition Survey, I show that a range of attitudes - including diminished support for …

This study explores how initial endowments at the start of transition have shaped reform outcomes and reform … resources sector at the start of transition underperformed other countries in terms of the speed and the depth of economic …

An extensive literature has analysed the economic effects of transition patterns in Central and Eastern European and … concerned the dynamics of income inequality. In this paper we analyse the heterogeneous effects of transition reforms on … inequality by explicitly considering their speed and sequencing. To this aim we identify seven transition models in which the 27 …