Self‐perceived social stratification in low‐income transitional countries

Habibov, Nazim

doi:10.1108/03068291111091936

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“…DIS covers several important areas of individuals' lives such as demographics and employment, education, skills and health and political attitudes and economic behaviour. Owing to its high quality, the DIS has already been used in other published studies on the region (Charles, 2010;Habibov, 2011Habibov, 2012Afandi, 2009 2011;Roberts and Pollock, 2011).…”

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Russian language skills and employment in the Former Soviet Union

Duncan

Mavisakalyan

2015

Econ Transit

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During the Soviet era, proficiency in the Russian language was often a ticket to attractive employment opportunities in the member republics. Does it still contribute to securing employment in the former Soviet republics after two decades of transition? Using data from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the years 2008-2010, this paper demonstrates that Russian language skills remain economically valuable. The baseline estimates suggest that Russian language skills increase probability of employment by about 6 (males) and 9 (females) percentage points. Our results bear important implications for the ongoing debates on language policies in the postSoviet countries.JEL classifications: J21, J24, P23.

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Russian language skills and employment in the Former Soviet Union

Duncan

Mavisakalyan

2015

Econ Transit

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“…The MIEs findings, however, may apply to low-income countries. Hain and Jurowetzki (2018) and Habibov (2011) indicate that the MIEs and low-income economies are structurally similar.…”

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Quality standards, crime management and the efficiency of manufacturing firms in middle-income economies

Boamah

Ofori-Yeboah

Asare

2022

AJEB

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PurposeThis study investigates the ability of crime management expenses, recognised external quality certification and ownership structure to describe the cross-sectional changes in the capital and labour efficiencies of manufacturing firms in middle income economies. It controls for the potential effects of graft incidence and firm age on firm-level efficiency.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a state space model approach within the context of cross-sectional regressions. Data for the study are obtained from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2019.FindingsThe study provides evidence that crime management expenses impact labour efficiency negatively. Also, its effect on capital efficiency is positive in 2019 and negative in 2013 and 2016 eras. Additionally, external auditor services and internationally recognised quality certification increase labour and capital efficiencies. Graft incidence exerts negative and positive effect on capital efficiency in the recent and earlier periods respectively. In addition, older firms tend to have higher labour efficiency, whilst younger firms have higher capital efficiency. There is evidence of firm size and export orientation effects in the drivers of efficiency.Originality/valuePolicies aimed at creating graft and crime-free business environment will enhance the efficiency and growth of firms' particularly for small firms. Also, the market rewards recognised quality assurance and good reputation.

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“…The attainment of higher education added in model 6 is also found to be positively associated with life satisfaction. Having gotten a university education is conducive to life satisfaction inasmuch as it opens up more opportunities in life and provides a better understanding of how society and institutions function, and as such has been shown to be one of the main predictors of a higher level of subjective well‐being in both developed and post‐communist countries (Frey, ; Habibov, ). In contrast, the effect of religiosity is added in model 7, and is not found to be significant.…”

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Height and life satisfaction: Evidence from 27 nations

Habibov

Luo

Auchynnikava

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American J Hum Biol

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Objectives: To evaluate the effect of height on life satisfaction. Methods:We use data from a recent multi-country survey that was conducted in 27 nations. Results: Our main finding is that height does have a strong positive effect on life satisfaction. These findings remain positive and significant when we use a comprehensive set of well-known covariates of life-satisfaction at both the individual and country levels. These findings also remain robust to alternative statistical specifications. Conclusions: From a theoretical standpoint, our findings suggest that height is important in explaining life-satisfaction independent of other well-known determinants. From a methodological standpoint, the findings of this study highlight the need to explicitly control for the effect of heights in studies on subjective wellbeing, happiness, and life-satisfaction.

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Self‐perceived social stratification in low‐income transitional countries

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Russian language skills and employment in the Former Soviet Union

Russian language skills and employment in the Former Soviet Union

Quality standards, crime management and the efficiency of manufacturing firms in middle-income economies

Height and life satisfaction: Evidence from 27 nations

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