This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable ?quasi … are positive, and the data imply positive selection into both employee and self-employment status. Structural probit … estimates show the probability of self-employment entry is unassociated with former Communist Party affiliation but positively …

This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable "quasi … are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated self-employment earnings premia … are positive, and the data imply positive selection into both employee and self-employment status. Structural probit …

This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable "quasi … are positive, and the data imply positive selection into both employee and self-employment status. Structural probit … estimates show the probability of self-employment entry is unassociated with former Communist Party affiliation but positively …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … negative effect in Russia, and they provide some evidence of positive foreign effects on both wages and employment in all four … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are …

transition economies to estimate the impacts of privatization on employment and wages. The results in all four countries … domestic privatization estimates are close to zero for employment, while for wages they are negative but small in magnitude … but offsetting in Hungary and Romania, and from small effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment …

find that ownership type is highly correlated with characteristics of both workers (education, experience, gender, and ….16 and 0.34, respectively), and controlling for employment size further reduces them (to 0.07 and 0.28). We also exploit the …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … negative effect in Russia, and they provide some evidence of positive foreign effects on both wages and employment in all four … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …