We present a version of the exchange-rate regime model of inflation. We then use quarterly data from Mexico during 1946Q1-1995Q1 to test and estimate a simultaneous equation model for wage inflation, price inflation and industrial production. In doing so, we respect the Lucas critique and take...

Applying bootstrapped quantile regression to the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) data, we examine the channels through which individuals experience and seek to cope with changes in consumption. We find that married individuals living in small households, with educated heads in...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the gender wage gap in Russia from 1994 to 1998. We find that the average gender wage gap was fairly stable during 1994-1996 but that it became wider following the financial crisis of 1998. In particular, low-income female employees were hardest hit by the...