2010

These 21 projects were selected from a total of 106 which were submitted with budgets totaling nearly $1,150,000. Note that in cases where the award was made to a group of researchers, only the principal researcher(s) is/are named. Each project also includes a note on the sponsoring institution and the project title. The projects were selected in December 2009 and work began in early 2010. The final deadline for project completion is June 2011, as most research teams find it advantageous to take the one-time, six-month no-cost extension which is offered. The resulting papers from these projects and non-technical summaries of completed projects are available below.

Zane Cunska
Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS), Riga, Latvia
Analysis of Higher Education Student Population Using Multistate Life Tables

Mrika Kotorri
Economic Development Group (EDG), Prishtina, Kosovo
The optimal migration duration from the perspective of the individual: a comparison between Kosova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the FYROM
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Tamás Bartus
Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Corvinus University, Budapest
Birthrate Paradox: Fertility Patterns among People with Secondary Education in Hungary
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Julie Chytilová
Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Formation of Other-Regarding Preferences

Vilma Dingová
Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
The Effect of Common Currency on FDI: The Eurozone Experience
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Nargiza Alimukhamedova
CERGE-EI Prague, Czech Republic
Impacts of Non-Bank Micro-Lending

Ciprian Necula
Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Macroeconomic Implications of Population Ageing and Pension Reform in Romania
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Edit Permeti, Isilda Shima & Edlira Narazani
Albanian Center for Social-Economic Research, Tirana, Albania
Does the flat tax reduce informal employment in Albania?
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Lucian Croitoru & Mihai Copaciu
Romanian Center for Economic Policies (CEROPE), Romania
Household Saving in Romania: Evidence from Budget Survey Data?
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Piotr Kębłowski
University of Łódź, Poland
Are the New Member States on the fast track to the EMU? An analysis of exchange rates misalignments in Central European countries
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Ashot Tsharakyan
CERGE-EI Prague, Czech Republic
Effect of rent deregulation on tenure choice and home ownership in the Czech Republic
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Aleksandra Parteka
Faculty of Management and Business, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Skilled-unskilled wage inequality in the enlarged EU
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Libor Dušek
CERGE-EI Prague, Czech Republic
How Much Intergenerational Risk Sharing do Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems Really Provide?
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Attila Rátfai
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Geography and Micro Level Real Exchange Rates: A Structural Investigation
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Ilir Gedeshi & Esmeralda Gassie
Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Tirana, Albania
Interaction between family network and firm growth in Albania
Project Deferred to RRC11

Gábor Antal
Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Wage Inequality and Firm Characteristics in Hungary: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data, 1986-2008
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Dmitry Vorobyev
CERGE-EI Prague, Czech Republic
Towards Detecting and Measuring Electoral Fraud
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Vítězslav Píša & Jan Brůha
Institute for Structural Policy (IREAS), Prague, Czech Republic
Implications of biofuel promotion for a transition country
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper

Besnik Krasniqi & Durim Hoxha
Business Support Centre Kosovo (BSCK), Prishtina, Kosovo
Entrepreneurial Behaviour, Institutions and SME Growth: Evidence from Transition Countries
Summary of Findings || Completed Paper (published in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, Vol. 17, No 5)

Lenka Svejdová & Vojtěch Bartoš
Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Discrimination, information and transaction costs in the Czech Rental Housing Market: Field Experiment

Nermin Oruć & Silviya Nikolova
Center for Economic Development and Research (CEDAR), Sarajevo & Centre for Economic and Strategic Research (CESR), Sofia, Bulgaria
Urban Migration and Poverty: Comparison between Bulgaria and Bosnia-Herzegovina