Vladimir Gimpelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1554623 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladimir Gimpelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladimir |
| FAMILY NAME | Gimpelson |
| SIGNATURE | GIMPELSON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3952-4701 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Inequality and social stratification in Russia during the Putin regime: From market transition to war on Ukraine
The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns, and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition affects social stratification. The start of the Putin regime in 2000 marked a new era in Russia's post‐Soviet political economic trajectory: in contrast to the 1990s, the economy first took off, then stagnated, while the state rolled back institutions of democracy …
Misperceiving inequality
A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. Most such arguments crucially assume that ordinary people know how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distributi…
Misperceiving Inequality
A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. Most such arguments crucially assume that ordinary people know how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distributi…
Does the Russian Industry Need Skilled Labour? Evidence from Recent History
Ваши пожелания журналу «Экономическая социология» на следующее десятилетие?Сейчас переломное время для экономической социологии.Кризис 2008 г., поставивший под сомнение стандартные экономические модели, не только открыл перед экономсоциологами новые возможности, но и наложил на них обязательства по разработке альтернативных концепций.Предложение более полных объяснительных моделей экономических процессов важно одновременно для совершенствования
The Size, Composition, and Dynamics of the Russian State Bureaucracy in the 1990s
In this paper Robert J. Brym and Vladimir Gimpelson analyze changes in the size and social composition of the Russian state bureaucracy in the 1990s based on official data. Although the Russian state bureaucracy grew somewhat at the regional level in the 1990s, it actually shrank at the federal level. Comparing the Russian state bureaucracy to the Weberian ideal type of bureaucratic efficiency, the authors also demonstrate the existence of strong…
Fiscal Games and Public Employment: A Theory with Evidence from Russia
Why do some governments—both in different countries and in regions within those countries—employ more workers than others? Existing theories focus on the level of economic development, political redistribution, and social insurance. But they raise additional puzzles and do not account for all evidence or for a global trend toward decentralization of public employment. The authors propose a new theory, inspired by Russia's recent experience, that …
Reforming the State: Fiscal and Welfare Reform in Post-Socialist Countries
Countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are entering the second decade of political transformation and economic reform. The first decade involved macroeconomic stabilization, privatization, and development of the basic institutional infrastructure of a market economy. The new policy challenges center on the nature of the social contract between citizens and their governments. These challenges include identifying the appropriate bo…
Political Business Cycles and Russian Elections, or the Manipulations of ‘Chudar
Political business cycle theories tend to focus on one policy instrument or macroeconomic lever at a time. Efforts to find empirical evidence of opportunistic business cycles have turned up rather meagre results. We suggest that these facts may be related. If ways of manipulating the economy to win votes are thought of as substitutes, with changing relative costs, one would expect rational policy makers to switch between them in different periods…
Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia's Regions
Political Tendencies in Russia's Regions: Evidence from the 1993 Parliamentary Elections
Most analyses of the consequences of the December 1993 elections have focused on the State Duma that was elected and its likely role in the Russian political process at the national level. The purpose of this study is to go beyond the more obvious impact of the elections to examine underlying patterns and tendencies that could be significant for Russia's future as a federal, multiethnic state. Data on voting for the parliament by party list permi…
"Master of Production"
The return to a normal market economy should be accompanied by a rebirth of lost social roles. Those who were neither bosses [khoziainy] nor wage laborers are poised to become either the former or the latter. But neither of these roles is a dress which, when donned, will automatically place a person in a different system of relations and behavior. Behind these roles is a definite system of values, a type of culture, and a work ethic whose origins…
Economic Consciousness and Reform of the Employment Sphere
The transition to a market economy is closely connected with profound changes in the economic consciousness and economic culture of the entire population. The discussion in Russia today concerns not only the formation of an entrepreneurial class with the ethic characteristic of this social group, but also involves the formation of a full-fledged wage-earning class. The myth of the "Soviet worker-manager of production" that existed during the year…
Political Tendencies in Russia's Regions: Evidence from the 1993 Parliamentary Elections
Most analyses of the consequences of the December 1993 elections have focused on the State Duma that was elected and its likely role in the Russian political process at the national level. The purpose of this study is to go beyond the more obvious impact of the elections to examine underlying patterns and tendencies that could be significant for Russia's future as a federal, multiethnic state. Data on voting for the parliament by party list permi…
Fiscal Games and Public Employment: A Theory with Evidence from Russia
Why do some governments—both in different countries and in regions within those countries—employ more workers than others? Existing theories focus on the level of economic development, political redistribution, and social insurance. But they raise additional puzzles and do not account for all evidence or for a global trend toward decentralization of public employment. The authors propose a new theory, inspired by Russia's recent experience, that …
The Size, Composition, and Dynamics of the Russian State Bureaucracy in the 1990s
In this paper Robert J. Brym and Vladimir Gimpelson analyze changes in the size and social composition of the Russian state bureaucracy in the 1990s based on official data. Although the Russian state bureaucracy grew somewhat at the regional level in the 1990s, it actually shrank at the federal level. Comparing the Russian state bureaucracy to the Weberian ideal type of bureaucratic efficiency, the authors also demonstrate the existence of strong…
Political Business Cycles and Russian Elections, or the Manipulations of ‘Chudar
Political business cycle theories tend to focus on one policy instrument or macroeconomic lever at a time. Efforts to find empirical evidence of opportunistic business cycles have turned up rather meagre results. We suggest that these facts may be related. If ways of manipulating the economy to win votes are thought of as substitutes, with changing relative costs, one would expect rational policy makers to switch between them in different periods…
Inequality and social stratification in Russia during the Putin regime: From market transition to war on Ukraine
The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns, and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition affects social stratification. The start of the Putin regime in 2000 marked a new era in Russia's post‐Soviet political economic trajectory: in contrast to the 1990s, the economy first took off, then stagnated, while the state rolled back institutions of democracy …
"Master of Production"
The return to a normal market economy should be accompanied by a rebirth of lost social roles. Those who were neither bosses [khoziainy] nor wage laborers are poised to become either the former or the latter. But neither of these roles is a dress which, when donned, will automatically place a person in a different system of relations and behavior. Behind these roles is a definite system of values, a type of culture, and a work ethic whose origins…
Economic Consciousness and Reform of the Employment Sphere
The transition to a market economy is closely connected with profound changes in the economic consciousness and economic culture of the entire population. The discussion in Russia today concerns not only the formation of an entrepreneurial class with the ethic characteristic of this social group, but also involves the formation of a full-fledged wage-earning class. The myth of the "Soviet worker-manager of production" that existed during the year…
Political Tendencies in Russia's Regions: Evidence from the 1993 Parliamentary Elections
Most analyses of the consequences of the December 1993 elections have focused on the State Duma that was elected and its likely role in the Russian political process at the national level. The purpose of this study is to go beyond the more obvious impact of the elections to examine underlying patterns and tendencies that could be significant for Russia's future as a federal, multiethnic state. Data on voting for the parliament by party list permi…
Reforming the State: Fiscal and Welfare Reform in Post-Socialist Countries
Countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are entering the second decade of political transformation and economic reform. The first decade involved macroeconomic stabilization, privatization, and development of the basic institutional infrastructure of a market economy. The new policy challenges center on the nature of the social contract between citizens and their governments. These challenges include identifying the appropriate bo…
Political Business Cycles and Russian Elections, or the Manipulations of ‘Chudar
Political business cycle theories tend to focus on one policy instrument or macroeconomic lever at a time. Efforts to find empirical evidence of opportunistic business cycles have turned up rather meagre results. We suggest that these facts may be related. If ways of manipulating the economy to win votes are thought of as substitutes, with changing relative costs, one would expect rational policy makers to switch between them in different periods…
Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia's Regions
Fiscal Games and Public Employment: A Theory with Evidence from Russia
Why do some governments—both in different countries and in regions within those countries—employ more workers than others? Existing theories focus on the level of economic development, political redistribution, and social insurance. But they raise additional puzzles and do not account for all evidence or for a global trend toward decentralization of public employment. The authors propose a new theory, inspired by Russia's recent experience, that …
The Size, Composition, and Dynamics of the Russian State Bureaucracy in the 1990s
In this paper Robert J. Brym and Vladimir Gimpelson analyze changes in the size and social composition of the Russian state bureaucracy in the 1990s based on official data. Although the Russian state bureaucracy grew somewhat at the regional level in the 1990s, it actually shrank at the federal level. Comparing the Russian state bureaucracy to the Weberian ideal type of bureaucratic efficiency, the authors also demonstrate the existence of strong…
Does the Russian Industry Need Skilled Labour? Evidence from Recent History
Ваши пожелания журналу «Экономическая социология» на следующее десятилетие?Сейчас переломное время для экономической социологии.Кризис 2008 г., поставивший под сомнение стандартные экономические модели, не только открыл перед экономсоциологами новые возможности, но и наложил на них обязательства по разработке альтернативных концепций.Предложение более полных объяснительных моделей экономических процессов важно одновременно для совершенствования
Misperceiving Inequality
A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. Most such arguments crucially assume that ordinary people know how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distributi…
Misperceiving inequality
A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in dictatorships. Most such arguments crucially assume that ordinary people know how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distributi…
Inequality and social stratification in Russia during the Putin regime: From market transition to war on Ukraine
The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns, and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition affects social stratification. The start of the Putin regime in 2000 marked a new era in Russia's post‐Soviet political economic trajectory: in contrast to the 1990s, the economy first took off, then stagnated, while the state rolled back institutions of democracy …
Economics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Market economy (5 works) · Russia and Soviet political economy (4 works) · Economic system (3 works) · Economy (3 works)