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Innovation, inclusion and integration : from transition to convergence in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Mitra, Pradeep

2008

Overview

The study offers a unified perspective on what has driven productivity, economic integration, migration, employment and living standards in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, drawing on household budget surveys, enterprise surveys and special purpose firm level data sets.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: 21st century / ACCOUNTING / AGRICULTURE / AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY / AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / BALANCE OF PAYMENTS / BANKS / BENCHMARK / BENCHMARKING / BENCHMARKS / BETWEEN-FIRM EFFECT / BETWEEN-FIRM EFFECTS / BUYER / BUYERS / CENTRAL PLANNING / COMMAND ECONOMY / COMMODITY / COMPETITIVE MARKETS / COMPETITIVE PRESSURE / COMPETITIVENESS / CONTRIBUTION / CONTRIBUTIONS / DIRECT INVESTMENT / DISPLACED WORKERS / DISPOSABLE INCOME / DOMESTIC MARKET / DOMESTIC PRODUCERS / Eastern Europe / ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC BOOM / ECONOMIC CONDITIONS / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC MOBILITY / ECONOMIC RECOVERY / EMPLOYMENT / EMPLOYMENT GENERATION / EMPLOYMENT GROWTH / EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS / EMPLOYMENT RATE / EMPLOYMENT RATES / EMPLOYMENT REPORT / EMPLOYMENT STATUS / Europe, Eastern / Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 21st century / EXCESS SUPPLY / EXPORTS / FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS / FINANCIAL CRISIS / FINANCIAL DATA / FINANCIAL SECTOR / FINANCIAL SECTORS / FINANCIAL SYSTEM / FINDING EMPLOYMENT / FIRM ENTRY / FIRM PRODUCTIVITY / FIRM SIZE / FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION / FIRM TURNOVER / FOREIGN COMPETITION / Former Soviet republics / Former Soviet republics -- Economic conditions -- 21st century / FREE TRADE / FUTURE GROWTH / GDP / GDP PER CAPITA / Globalization / Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Europe, Eastern / Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Former Soviet republics / GNP / GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT / GROWTH RATE / HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS / HEALTH SERVICES / HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT / HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES / HOUSEHOLD SAVING / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUMAN RESOURCES / INCOME / INCOME TAX / INCOMES / INCREASE IN INCOME / INDUSTRIALIZATION / INFLATION / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION / INNOVATIONS / INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / JOB CREATION / JOB DESTRUCTION / JOB DESTRUCTION RATE / JOB SKILL / JOB SKILLS / JOB TRAINING / JOB VACANCY / JOBS / LABOR COSTS / LABOR DEMAND / LABOR FORCE / LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKET NEEDS / LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES / LABOR MARKET REFORM / LABOR MARKETS / LABOR MIGRATION / LABOR PRODUCTIVITY / LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / LABOR SUPPLY / LABOUR / LARGE FIRMS / LENDERS / LIFELONG LEARNING / LIQUIDITY / LIVING STANDARDS / LONG-TERM CARE / LOW EMPLOYMENT / LOW INCOME / LOWER INCOME / MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES / MARKET ECONOMIES / MARKET ECONOMY / MARKETING / MIGRANT LABOR / MONOPOLY / NATURAL RESOURCES / NET EMPLOYMENT / NEW ENTRANTS / OCCUPATIONS / ON-THE-JOB TRAINING / OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT / OUTPUTS / PENSION / PENSION REFORM / PENSION REFORMS / PENSIONS / PER CAPITA INCOMES / Political change / Political integration / PRICE ELASTICITY / PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND / PRIVATE FIRMS / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE TRANSFERS / PROBABILITY / PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES / PRODUCTIVITY GAINS / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS / PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS / PROSPERITY / PUBLIC SAVINGS / PURCHASING POWER / REAL WAGE / REAL WAGES / RECESSION / REGULATORY POLICY / RETAINED EARNINGS / RETIREMENT / RETIREMENT AGE / RETIREMENT AGES / RETRAINING PROGRAMS / SAFETY / SAFETY NET / SAFETY NETS / SAVINGS / SELF-EMPLOYMENT / SERVICE SECTOR / SERVICE SECTORS / SEVERANCE PAYMENTS / SKILL REQUIREMENTS / SKILLED WORKERS / SMALLER FIRMS / SOCIAL COSTS / SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIAL SAFETY NETS / SOCIAL SECURITY / SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS / STOCKS / SUBSIDIARY / SURVIVAL RATES / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TELEPHONE SERVICES / TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY / TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / TRADE POLICY / TRANSITION ECONOMIES / TRANSPORT / U.S.S.R / UNEMPLOYED / UNEMPLOYED POOR / UNSKILLED LABOR / VALUE ADDED / WAGE / WAGE EMPLOYMENT / WAGE GAINS / WAGE GROWTH / WAGE INCREASES / WAGES / WESTERN EUROPE / WITHIN-FIRM EFFECT / WITHIN-FIRM PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / WORKER / WORKING ADULTS / WORKING AGE / WORKING AGE POPULATION / WORKING POOR / WORLD TRADE
• ISBN: 0821375385, 9780821375389, 0821375393, 9780821375396