Parental education is found to have a strong positive effect on propensity to enroll in and complete secondary and tertiary education, both in Soviet times and during transition, but mother’s education effect have been weakening. A human capital gap between titular ethnicities and Russian...

This paper examines human capital gap between titular ethnicities and Russian-speaking minorities, which has emerged in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during the transition and remains significant after controlling for parental education. For recent cohorts, unexplained gap is declining in...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of different factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, education levels, occupations, enterprise characteristics, place of residence etc. on part-time employment and underemployment. The data sources used in the research are Latvian Labour Force...

When judged either by educational attainment of adult population or by secondary and tertiary enrollment rates, by 2002 Albania compared very unfavorably to most European countries, including its neighbors. This study examines the determinants of secondary enrollment applying unobserved family...

When judged either by educational attainment of adult population or by secondary and tertiary enrollment rates, Albania by 2002 compared very unfavorably to most European countries, including its neighbors. This study examines the determinants of secondary enrollment applying unobserved family...

Economists use various metrics for measuring income inequality. Here, the most commonly used measures-the Lorenz curve, the Gini coefficient, decile ratios, the Palma ratio, and the Theil index-are discussed in relation to their benefits and limitations. Equally important is the choice of what...