IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Do Adjustments for Equivalence Scales Affect Poverty Dynamics? Evidence from the Russian Federation during 1994-2017' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (S1), S167 - S192

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13039

Regional Convergence in Russia: Estimating a Neoclassical Growth Model

Hartmut Lehmann, Aleksey Oshchepkov, Maria Giulia Silvagni

revised version published as 'Regional Convergence in Russia: Estimating an Augmented Solow Model' in: Economic Systems, 2023, 47 (4), 101128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12901

It's the Way People Move! Labour Migration as an Adjustment Device in Russia

Francesco Pastore, Elena Semerikova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12658

Transition from Plan to Market, Height and Well-Being

Alicia Adsera, Francesca Dalla Pozza, Sergei Guriev, Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, Elena Nikolova

published as 'Height and well-being during the transition from plan to market' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (105), 77 - 120

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12357

The Gender Composition of Corporate Boards and Firm Performance: Evidence from Russia

Tatiana Garanina, Alexander Muravyev

revised version published in: Emerging Markets Review, 2021, 48, 100772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12247

Economics and Politics of the Public-Private Wage Gap (The Case of Russia)

Vladimir Gimpelson, Anna Lukiyanova, Anna Sharunina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11962

The Labeling Effect of a Child Benefits System: Evidence from Russia 1994-2015

Louise Grogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11628

Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline

Stefan Bauernschuster, Anastasia Driva, Erik Hornung

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (5), 2561-2607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11272

The Economic and Social Determinants of Migrants' Well-Being during the Global Financial Crisis

Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz

published as 'Migrants’ well-being during the global financial crisis: economic and social predictors' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 770-787

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11126

Age and Education in the Russian Labour Market Equation

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published as 'Age and education in the Russian labour market' in: T. Becker, S. Oxenstierna (eds.),The Russian Economy under Putin (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series), Routledge, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10679

Moving On Up for High School Graduates in Russia: The Consequences of the Unified State Exam Reform

Fabian Slonimczyk, Marco Francesconi, Anna Yurko

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 117, 56-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10436

Boards of Directors in Russian Publicly Traded Companies in 1998-2014: Structure, Dynamics and Performance Effects

Alexander Muravyev

published in: Economic Systems, 2017, 41(1), 5-25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10300

The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Earnings in Contemporary Russia

Gleb V. Borisov, Christopher A. Pissarides

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9890

Regulation and Firm Value: Curious Case of Transparency and Disclosure Laws in Russia

Suman Banerjee, Ronald Masulis, Sarmistha Pal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9589

The Effect of Doubling the Minimum Wage on Employment: Evidence from Russia

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8735

College Expansion and the Marginal Returns to Education: Evidence from Russia

Olga Belskaya, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Christian Posso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8688

Polarization or Upgrading? Evolution of Employment in Transitionary Russia

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published in: Russian Journal of Economics, 2016, 2 (2), 192-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8279

Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published in: S.Oxenstierna (ed.), The Challenges for Russia's Politicized Economic System: Routledge, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8241

Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina, Haiyuan Wan

published in: China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 248-265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7878

Minimum Wages, Unemployment and Informality: Evidence from Panel Data on Russian Regions

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7844

Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia

Hartmut Lehmann, Anzelika Zaiceva

published in: Journal of International Development, 2015, 27 (4), 464 - 488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7705

Assessing the Impact of the Maternity Capital Policy in Russia Using a Dynamic Model of Fertility and Employment

Fabian Slonimczyk, Anna Yurko

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 265-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7603

Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010

Hartmut Lehmann, Maria Giulia Silvagni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543

Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7246

Do Parents Drink Their Children's Welfare? A Joint Analysis of Intra-Household Allocation of Time

Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Lucia Mangiavacchi, Luca Piccoli

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7151

Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties

Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann

published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 539-544

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6829

iPEHD: The ifo Prussian Economic History Database

Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella, Erik Hornung, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Historical Methods, 2014, 47(2), 57-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6783

The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis

Jay Bhattacharya, Christina Gathmann, Grant Miller

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 232-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6519

Does Corporate Governance Reform Necessarily Boost Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from Russia

Mihails Kuznecovs, Sarmistha Pal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6422

Explaining the Dynamics in Perceptions of Job Insecurity in Russia

Michael Lokshin, Vladimir Gimpelson, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6256

CEO and Board Characteristics as Determinants of Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange

Irina Berezinets, Yulia Ilina, Alexander Muravyev

substantially revised version published as: 'The Structure of Corporate Boards and Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange' in: International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014, 34, 247-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6230

Job Separations and Informality in the Russian Labor Market

Hartmut Lehmann, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 257-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6034

Employment Concentration and Resource Allocation: One-Company Towns in Russia

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Alexander Plekhanov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5773

Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide

Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann

published as 'Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide 'in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100(3), 377-391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5588

Labor Market Adjustment: Is Russia Different?

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published in: The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, Oxford, OUP, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5415

The Costs of Job Loss in Russia

Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva

revised version published as 'The Wage and Non-wage Costs of Displacement in Boom Times: Evidence from Russia' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41 (4), 1184-1201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5383

Why Are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina

published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2011, 35 (5), 897-920

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4669

Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in Russia

Alexander Muravyev

revised version published as 'Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders’ Class Rights in an Emerging Market ' in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29(6), 1344-1383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4557

The Trade-off between Fertility and Education: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition

Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15 (3), 177–204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4556

Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution

Sascha O. Becker, Erik Hornung, Ludger Woessmann

published as 'Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution' in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2011, 3 (3), 92-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4484

Employment Protection Legislation in Russia: Regional Enforcement and Labour Market Outcomes

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2010, 52 (4), 611-636

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4257

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

Denvil Duncan, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as 'Does Labour Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?" in: Economics of Transition, 2010, 18 (2), 365 - 404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4233

Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Dmitriy Stolyarov

revised version published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010, 13 (1), 209 - 237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3958

Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Scott Gehlbach

published in: American Political Science Review, 2009, 103(2), 264-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3934

Stuck Between Surplus and Shortage: Demand for Skills in the Russian Industry

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

published in: Labour, 2010, 24(3), 311–332

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3733

The Changing Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Russia

Guy Lacroix, Natalia Radtchenko

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24(1), 85-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3688

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

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(545), 683-708

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3683

Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3428

The Gender Earnings Gap inside a Russian Firm: First Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002

Thomas Dohmen, Hartmut Lehmann, Anzelika Zaiceva

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung/Journal for Labour Market Research, 2008, 41 (2-3), 157-180.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3350

Wage Policies of a Russian Firm and the Financial Crisis of 1998: Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002

Thomas Dohmen, Hartmut Lehmann, Mark E Schaffer

revised version published in: Industrial Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (2), 504-531.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3267

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

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 117(3), 504-554

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2751

Skills Shortages and Training in Russian Enterprises

Hong Tan, Yevgeniya Savchenko, Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2161

Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration

Ruta Aidis, Saul Estrin

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2008, 23 (6), 656-672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1958

Reassessing the Standard of Living in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric Data

Elizabeth Brainerd

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70 (1), 83 - 117

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1484

How Transition Paths Differ: Enterprise Performance in Russia and China

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Saul Estrin

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 82(2): 374-392, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1472

Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union

Elizabeth Brainerd, David M. Cutler

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19 (1), 107 - 130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1457

Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94 (4), 981-999

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1332

Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3 (2-3), 291–302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1325

Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 324-350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1198

Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

John S. Earle, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as' Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation' in: Review of Economicss and Statistics, 2009, 91(4), 832 - 849

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1182

Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia

Belton M. Fleisher, Klara Sabirianova Peter, Xiaojun Wang

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (2), 351-370

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1151

Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s

Ira N. Gang, Robert C. Stuart

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1092

The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status: Evidence from Russia

Steven Stillman, Duncan Thomas

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (531), 1385–1417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1073

The Changing Demand for Skills: Evidence from the Transition

Simon Commander, János Köllő

published in: Economics of Transition, 2008, 16 (2), 199-221.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1044

Economic Reforms and Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation in the Post-Soviet Transition

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1006

Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

John S. Earle, Andrew Spicer, Klara Sabirianova Peter

revised version published as 'The Normalization of Deviant Organizational Practices: Wage Arrears in Russia, 1991-98' in: Academy of Management Journal, 2010, 53 (2), 218 - 237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 900

Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities

Mark C. Berger, Glenn C. Blomquist, Klara Sabirianova Peter

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (1), 2008, 25 - 55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 893

Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change

Klara Sabirianova Peter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 644

Job Reallocation and Productivity Growth Under Alternative Economic Systems and Policies: Evidence from the Soviet Transition

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 574

Understanding Interhousehold Transfers in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Russia