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The Puzzle of Firm Performance in China: An Institutional Explanation

Li, Shaomin - In: Economic Change and Restructuring 37 (2004) 1, pp. 47-68

China has achieved phenomenal economic growth in an institutional environment that defies conventional economic rationales. Researchers offer different theories to explain this puzzle. But so far, due to the lack of data, little effort has been made to test these theories at the firm level. We...

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Deindustrialisation. Lessons from the StructuralOutcomes of Post-Communist Transition

Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Zalewska, Anna - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Theoretical and empirical studies show that deindustrialisation, broadly observed in developed countries, is an inherent part of the economic development pattern. However, post-communist countries, while being only middle-income economies, have also experienced deindustrialisation. Building on...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Environment in Transition Economies

Kostevc, Črt; Redek, Tjaša; Sušjan, Andrej - In: Transition Studies Review 14 (2007) 1, pp. 40-54

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Analysis of the determinants of fertility decline in the Czech Republic

Klasen, Stephan; Launov, Andrey - In: Journal of Population Economics 19 (2006) 1, pp. 25-54

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On the 'Puzzling' Antebellum Cycle of the Biological Standard of Living: the Case of Georgia

Komlos, John; Coclanis, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …

Examines the height of Georgian convicts and concludes that their height declined beginning with the birth cohorts of 1835. The economic transition brought about a decline in their nutritional status.

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When Does Transition Increase the Gender Wage Gap? An Application to Belarus

Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper suggests an analytical framework to analyse the joint evolution of female participation and wages across …, female participation has reduced relatively more than wages, due to greater wage rigidity; in the FSU, wages have reduced … more than participation, due to labour hoarding practices. In Belarus, only wages adjust, since (mainly state owned) firms …

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Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarettes Consumption during Transition: Evidence from Russia

Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Oskam, Arie J.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...

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Economic Transition and the Communist Party: an Empirical Study on the CPC Membership Using the 1988-2002 CASS CHIP Surveys

Sato, Hiroshi; Eto, Keiya - Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University - 2006

This paper, using nationally representative household surveys, examines the changes in the membership structure of the Communist Party of China (CPC) during the 1990s. We concentrate on urban China and investigate how socioeconomic characteristics of the region (city) influence the membership...

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The Educated Russian's Curse: Returns to Education in the Russian Federation.

Benitez-Silva, Hugo; Sheidvasser, Sofia - Economics Department, State University of New … - 2000

This paper uses the only representative sample of the Russian Federation, the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, to estimate the returns to education in this ex-communist country. This is one of the first studies to tackle this classic issue in labor economics with the realistic expectation...

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IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development

Fischer, Stanley - The MIT Press

Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The...

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