Small Businesses and Private Entrepreneurship During Transition: The Case of the Czech Republic

Benáček, Vladimír

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“…Furthermore, one should not neglect the role of the Czech Protestant traditions, which date back to the 1780s, and the proliferation of liberal and cosmopolitan ideas in the nineteenth century (Benacek 1995). On the other hand, the relevant processes taking place in Hungary and Slovakia, belonging to the Kingdom of Hungary -the weaker part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire -resembled the Russian model.…”

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Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends in Private Sector Development in CEE Transition Economies

Cieślik

Stel

2014

Entrepreneurship Research Journal

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We investigate developments in private sector activity as proxied by business ownership (BO) rates in four Central and East European (CEE) transition economies (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic) and compare them with similar developments in other OECD countries in the period 1989-2008. Our analysis reveals that BO rates in the four CEE countries have been converging rapidly towards the levels of other OECD countries, and these CEE countries were able to rebuild their private sectors in a relatively short period of transition. We also find sizable differences among the four CEE countries under study in the level and dynamics of change of BO since 1989.

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Section: Historic and Cultural Roots (Civilization Fundamentals)mentioning

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Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends in Private Sector Development in CEE Transition Economies

Cieślik

Stel

2014

Entrepreneurship Research Journal

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“…The wage differential between the state and private sector in developed countries, and more recently developing countries, has been analysed extensively 2 . The evolution of the private/state wage gap during transition has been addressed in Rutkowski (1996), Vecernik (1995), Flanagan (1995), Benacek (1995). Three recent studies address the sectoral wage differentials in Poland (Adamchik and Bedi, 2000), Bulgaria (Falaris, 2000), and Russia (Jovanovic and Lokshin, 2001).…”

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Wage differentials and state‐private sector employment choice in Yugoslavia*

Lokshin

Jovanovic

2003

Economics of Transition

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In this study we use the newly available Yugoslavian Labor Force Survey data to investigate wage differentials and employment decisions in the state and private sectors in Yugoslavia. For the analysis we use three empirical models that rely on different statistical assumptions. We extend the standard switching regression model to allow non-normality in the joint distribution of the error terms. After correcting for the sector selection bias and controlling for workers' characteristics we find a private sector wage advantage. The wage premium is largest for workers with low education levels and declining for workers with higher educational levels. Given the regulatory and tax policies that pushed the private sector into the informal sphere of the economy during the period covered by our data, we argue that the state/private wage gap is likely to grow in the future. This will make it increasingly difficult for the state sector to attract and retain highly skilled employees.JEL classifications: J3, J4, P2.

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“…Unfortunately, apart from routine statistical evidence and administrative reports, not much attention was paid to self-employment in Czech economic and sociological research. In economic research very few studies have been devoted to the topic (Benáček 1994, Benáček andZemplinerová 1995); in sociological research the topic was treated only as a part of research about the middle class (Matějů 1999, Večerník 1999.…”

Section: Self-employment In the Czech Republic After 1989: Diverging mentioning

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Self-employment in the Czech Republic and CEE countries: persons and households

Večernı́k

2011

Post-Communist Economies

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This article presents evidence on the development and patterns of self-employment in four Central-Eastern European (CEE) countries, with a special focus on the Czech Republic and in comparison with Austria and Germany. After a brief historical overview, it provides new comparative evidence on persons and households engaged in self-employment. First, the author points out the specific features of the development of these categories in communist and market regimes. Next, he shows in more detail the changes in the number and position of self-employed in the Czech Republic after 1990. Third, he draws on the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) to compare self-employed persons in CEE countries, Austria and Germany. Fourth, the same data source is used to describe couples and households of self-employed people and their incomes in comparison with employee households. While the shares of self-employed in the countries compared are becoming increasingly similar, there are still significant differences in the living conditions of the self-employed between and within them. Relative to employees, a certain polarisation in the situation of self-employed households is apparent.

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Small Businesses and Private Entrepreneurship During Transition: The Case of the Czech Republic

Cited by 32 publications

References 10 publications

Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends in Private Sector Development in CEE Transition Economies

Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends in Private Sector Development in CEE Transition Economies

Wage differentials and state‐private sector employment choice in Yugoslavia*

Self-employment in the Czech Republic and CEE countries: persons and households

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