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Motivating Russian Workers: Analysis of Age and Gender Differences

Linz, Susan J. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

What motivates Russians to work? This paper utilizes survey data collected in May/June 2000 from 1200 employees in three regions of Russia to analyze the gender and generational differences in factors influencing motivation to work. Five main results emerge. First, Russians are not significantly...

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Attitudes and Performance: An Analysis of Russian Workers

Linz, Susan J.; Semykina, Anastasia - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between locus of control and performance among Russian employees, using survey data collected at 28 workplaces in 2002 in Taganrog and at 47 workplaces in 2003 in Ekaterinburg. We develop a measure that allows us to categorize the Russian employees...

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The Gender Pay Gap in the Transition from Communism: Some Empirical Evidence

Newell, Andrew; Reilly, Barry - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

This short paper investigates the path through the 1990s of the gender pay gap in a number of former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The main findings are that the gender pay gap has not exhibited, in general, an upward tendency over the transitional period to which...

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Competition, Innovation and Growth in Transition: Exploring the Interactions between Policies

Aghion, Philippe; Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

relationship between competition and innovation, Aghion, Dewatripont and Rey (1999) showed that this could be reversed if agency …

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A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark; Seabright, Paul - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

that influence innovation by firms and their subsequent growth. Using a dataset from a survey of nearly 4,000 firms in 24 … transition countries, we find evidence of the importance of a minimum of rivalry in both innovation and growth: the presence of … market power in product markets are utilised to undertake innovation. …

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Do Schumpeterian Waves of Creative Destruction Lead to Higher Productivity? Panel Data Evidence from Poland

Warzynski, Frederic - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

We look at the determinants and consequences of job reallocation in the 22 2-digit sectors of the manufacturing industry in Poland over the period 1993-1997. Import competition and competitve market structure (weak concentration) are found to lead to more reallocation. Moreover, more...

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