both self-similarity (how the export composition of a CEEC has changed with respect to the beginning of the transition … exports of transition countries, and (2) that greater economic integration in terms of trade flows and processing trade does …

-urban poverty differences in 23 transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the firmer Soviet Union. The paper presents a …

early years of transition process. The prevalent explanations, commonly found under the title of disorganisation, are …

Ten years after the start of transition, there are many puzzles we still have to live with. Why did all countries … labour supply. Surprisingly enough, the literature on the economics of transition has devoted little, if any, attention to … labour force participation decisions. In the models of the optimal speed of transition (OST) literature, the labour force is …

This paper seeks to document and analyse changes in the distribution of wages and employment in the transition … the transition. Proximate causes of this increase seem to be sectoral shifts in employment and increasing inter …

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of … ability to influence law enforcement. Our econometric results, for about 950 firms in five transition economies, provide …