This paper investigates the persistence of entrepreneurship in the region of Kaliningrad between 1925 and 2010. During this time period the area experienced a number of extremely disruptive shocks including; devastation caused by World War II, a nearly complete replacement of the native German...

We document geographic concentration patterns of Russian manufacturing using microgeographic data. About 42-52% of 4-digit and 63-75% of 3-digit industries are localized, with a higher share in the European part than in the Asian part. About 70% of 3-digit industry pairs are coagglomerated,...

This work is devoted to estimating the individual return to worker's professional training. The research is based on the personnel records of Russian metallurgical enterprise (2006-2010). The main factors that distinguish this paper from others are the following: (I) We focused on the internal...