In the Grip of Transition

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Tilman Brück, Hartmut Lehmann

   Pages 1-6

3. Worker Displacement in Russia and Ukraine: A Comparative Analysis using Micro Data

   • Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev, Norberto Pignatti, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva

   Pages 7-46

4. Stuck Between Surplus and Shortage: Demand for Skills in Russian Industry

   • Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Anna Lukiyanova

   Pages 47-75

5. Innovation, Adoption, Ownership and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine

   • J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Hanna Vakhitova, Vitaliy Zheka

   Pages 76-97

6. The Evolution of Labour Relations inside a Russian Firm during Late Transition: Evidence from Personnel Data

   • Hartmut Lehmann, Anzelika Zaiceva

   Pages 98-127

7. Gender Segregation Within Firms: Causes and Consequences

   • Inna Maltseva, Daria Nesterova

   Pages 128-155

8. The Effect of Transition on Women in Ukrainian Industry: An Exploration of the ULFS Panel Data

   • Tom Coupé, Hartmut Lehmann

   Pages 156-172

9. Labour Market Restructuring and Poverty: Household Evidence from Ukraine

   • Tilman Brück, Alexander M. Danzer, Natalia Danzer, Alexander Muravyev

   Pages 173-204

10. Social Security Impact on Labour Market Developments and Industrial Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine

    • Marek Góra

    Pages 205-233

11. Back Matter

    Pages 235-238

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This book provides a detailed picture of the equity and efficiency of economic restructuring, focusing on the two most important successor states to the Soviet Union. Analysis is based on a careful examination of micro level data, documenting the experiences of workers, households and firms.

• development
• Import
• labor market
• productivity
• transition

• Department of Development and Security, DIW Berlin — German Institute for Economic Research and Humboldt, University of Berlin, Germany

  Tilman Brück

• Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy

  Hartmut Lehmann

• Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany

  Hartmut Lehmann

TILMAN BRÜCK is Head of the Department of Development and Security at DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research) and Professor of Development Economics at Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. He is also an IZA Research Fellow and a Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon. His research interests include the behaviour and well-being of individuals and households experiencing situations of extreme risk in developing and transition economies.

HARTMUT LEHMANN is Professor of Economic Policy in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Program Director of the IZA research area 'Labor Markets in Emerging and Transition Countries.' He is WDI fellow and an IZA fellow. He is also a Senior Consultant to the World Bank and has been a consultant to the ILO, the OECD and the UNDP.

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