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IZA Discussion Paper No. 14149
Temporary Overpessimism: Job Loss Expectations Following a Large Negative Employment Shock
Julian Emmler, Bernd Fitzenberger
published in: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30 (3), 621 - 661
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12101
Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy
Muhammad Asali, Rusudan Gurashvili
revised version published in: Economics of Transition & Institutional Change, 2020, 28 (3), 515-533.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11332
Return Migration and Self-Employment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Tilman Brück, Clotilde Mahe, Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11256
Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market: Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2018, 46 (3), 838-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11133
Adverse Welfare Shocks and Pro-Environmental Behaviour: Evidence from the Global Economic Crisis
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 293-311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10196
Remittances and Informal Work
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636
Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18, 1593 - 1623
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9484
Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition
Milena Nikolova
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45 (Suppl.), 129 - 148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9017
Happy Moves? Assessing the Link Between Life Satisfaction and Emigration Intentions
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2015, 68(3), 335-356.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8687
Informal Employment in Transition Countries: Empirical Evidence and Research Challenges
Hartmut Lehmann
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2015, 57 (1), 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8631
In Search of Opportunities? The Barriers to More Efficient Internal Labor Mobility in Ukraine
Johannes Koettl, Olga Kupets, Anna Olefir, Indhira Santos
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8520
In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries
Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 112, 164-186
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8397
Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ten New EU Members
Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Christophe Rault, Robert Sova, Anamaria Sova
published in: International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2015, 20 (1), 48–60
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7824
When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in : Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42(4), 954-969
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5905
Labor Markets and Labor Market Institutions in Transition Economies
Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev
published in: Paul Hare and Gerard Turley (eds.): The Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition, Routledge, 2013, pp. 350-362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5738
The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies: An Analysis of Firms' External Financing Opportunities
Oluwarotimi Owolabi, Sarmistha Pal
published as 'Does business networking boost firms' external financing opportunities? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe' in: Applied Financial Economics, 2013, 23 (5), 415-432
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4673
How Important Are Labor Market Institutions for Labor Market Performance in Transition Countries?
Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev
revised version published in: Economics of Transition, 2012, 20 (2), 235-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4483
Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries
Ansgar H. Belke, Ingo Bordon, Inna Melnykovska, Rainer Schweickert
published in: Economics of Transition, 2011, 19 (4), 667-692
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. 3886
So Many Rocket Scientists, So Few Marketing Clerks: Estimating the Effects of Economic Reform on Occupational Mobility in Estonia
Nauro F. Campos, Aurelijus Dabušinskas
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 25 (2), 261-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3730
Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms: New Evidence
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: China Economic Review, 2011, 22 (1), 1-10 (lead article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3332
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America
Nauro F. Campos, Yuko Kinoshita
revised version published in: IMF Staff Papers, 2010, 57 (2), 326-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3269
Informal Employment Relationships and Labor Market Segmentation in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3202
From the Shortage of Jobs to the Shortage of Skilled Workers: Labor Markets in the EU New Member States
Jan Rutkowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3187
No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation
Carmen Pagés, Marco Stampini
revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37(3), 387-401
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3176
Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies
Štepán Jurajda, Katherine Terrell
published in: Economics of Transition, 2009, 17 (2), 241–274
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3079
When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jan Svejnar, Katherine Terrell
published in: Klaus Liebscher, Josef Christl, Peter Mooslechner (eds.), Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: A Changing Landscape, 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3051
What Works Best for Getting the Unemployed Back to Work: Employment Services or Small-Business Assistance Programmes? Evidence from Romania
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
published as 'Channels Through Which Public Employment Services and Small-Business Assistance Programs Work' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (4), 458-485
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2889
Should Market Liberalization Precede Democracy? Causal Relations between Political Preferences and Development
Pauline Grosjean, Claudia Senik
published as "Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences" in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(1), 365-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2822
On the Dynamics of Ethnic Fractionalization
Nauro F. Campos, Vitaliy S. Kuzeyev
published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2007, 51(3), 620-639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2791
China in Light of the Performance of Central and East European Economies
Jan Svejnar
published in: L. Brandt and T. Rawski (eds), China’s Great Economic Transformation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2678
Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)
Nauro F. Campos, Dean Jolliffe
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2007, 21 (3), 509-526
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2502
Educational Inputs and Outcomes Before the Transition from Communism
John Beirne, Nauro F. Campos
published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (1), 57-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2464
Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania
Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Jacob Benus
published in: Empirical Economics, 2010, 38 (1), 65-84
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2456
Employment Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Aggregate Average Wage in Poland 1996-2003
Michal Myck, Leszek Morawski, Jerzy Mycielski
published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15(4), 759-799
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2258
Pulls, Pushes and Entitlement Failures in Labor Markets: Does the State of Development Matter?
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova, Jeffrey B. Nugent
published as 'Off-farm Labour Supply and Labour Markets in Rapidly Changing Circumstances: Bulgaria during Transition' in: Economic Systems, 2011, 35 (3), 378 - 389
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1914
CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (4), 796 - 817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1767
Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54 (4), 945-983
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1370
Employment Determination in Enterprises under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe
Swati Basu, Saul Estrin, Jan Svejnar
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2005, 58 (3), 353-369
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1360
Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition
Oluyemisi Kuku, Peter F. Orazem, Rajesh Singh
published in: Economics of Transition, 2007, 15 (1), 33-56
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1276
Wage Determination under Communism and in Transition: Evidence from Central Europe
Swati Basu, Saul Estrin, Jan Svejnar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 589
Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths
Štepán Jurajda, Katherine Terrell
published in: Economics of Transition, 2003, 11 (2), 291-320
IZA Discussion Paper No. 574
Understanding Interhousehold Transfers in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Russia
Randall Kuhn, Steven Stillman
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 53 (1), 131-56
IZA Discussion Paper No. 514
The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 22 Transition and 21 OECD Countries
Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 448
Inequality, Transfers and Growth: New Evidence from the Economic Transition in Poland
Michael P. Keane, Eswar Prasad
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84 (2), 324-341
IZA Discussion Paper No. 410
Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia
Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2007, 26, 125-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 243
Economic Reform and Mortality in the Former Soviet Union: A Study of the Suicide Epidemic in the 1990s
Elizabeth Brainerd
published in: European Economic Review, 2001, 45 (4-6), 1007-1019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 242
Job Creation, Job Destruction and Employment Growth in Transition Countries in the 90's
Giulia Faggio, Jozef Konings
published in: Economic Systems, 2003 (27), 129-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 123
Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?
Jennifer Hunt
published as "Staunching Emigration from East Germany: Age and the Determinants of Migration" in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4 (5), 1014–1037
IZA Discussion Paper No. 90
Tenures that Shook the World: Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain
Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2000, 28 (4), 639-664
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