Longitudinal data from interviews with Poles of working age conducted in 1988, 1993 and 1998 combined with longitudinal firm-level data present a detailed view of the transition from a state-dominated to a market economy. Job losses in state firms and job creation in new private firms are the...

It is increasingly apparent that widespread entrepreneurial activity is central to economic growth and to any market economy. A high level of this activity depends upon the willingness of individuals to start new firms, to work for new firms, and to encourage those who do both. This study...

Virtually all industrial countries are experiencing some form of transformation in their economies, from the dramatic move from centrally planned to market economies in East-central Europe, to the rebuilding of the economies in the so-called Rust Belt of the USA, to the efforts by Asian...