Affiliation:
1. Department of Economics, John Jay College, City University of New York,
Abstract
The causes of diverging transition paths of (former) socialist economies are best understood through a framework centered on the differences in the composition of their working classes; in particular, the sizes of their respective potential reserve armies. An examination of the historical process of market reforms in socialist economies suggests that a sizable potential reserve army could give rise to a gradual approach to market transition. In contrast, a negligible potential reserve army could lead to either a shock therapy or a long impasse.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science
Cited by
2 articles.
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