Papers by Alexander Plekhanov
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Social Science Research Network, Oct 23, 2011
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Applied Economics Letters, Nov 9, 2021
This paper traces the relationship between quarterly estimates of economic activity and people... more This paper traces the relationship between quarterly estimates of economic activity and people's mobility during the Covid-19 crisis in a sample of 53 economies. Over time, the estimates of elasticity of value added with respect to mobility have been declining, to around 20 percent at the start of 2021, attesting to the gradual adjustment of global economic activity to social distancing. Yet this adjustment appears to be modest, with economic recovery driven primarily by greater mobility. The analysis relies on country-specific estimates of potential economic growth consistent with normal mobility. The paper also proposes a simple approach to combining various aspects of mobility in a single index using country-specific weights. Out-of-sample forecasts of growth derived from mobility estimates perform well relative to random walk, medium-term potential growth and other benchmarks.
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Social Science Research Network, 2015
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Economics of Education Review, Jun 1, 2021
Abstract This paper studies the impact of education reforms in Estonia in the 1990s on adult skil... more Abstract This paper studies the impact of education reforms in Estonia in the 1990s on adult skills using the OECD PIAAC surveys. Estonia implemented extensive education reforms in the early 1990s throughout Estonian-speaking schools while Russian-speaking schools were exposed to less comprehensive reforms, which were implemented later. A large minority of Estonia’s population at the time was enrolled in Russian-speaking schools providing a unique opportunity to measure the impact of education reforms on literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills among adults by comparing improvements in PIAAC performance among Estonian and Russian speakers. Difference-in-difference estimation suggests that the reforms led to an adult skill dividend of around 15 to 30 percent of a standard deviation. This translates to a wage (productivity) premium of around 5 to 12 percent.
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SSRN Electronic Journal
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The economic journal/Economic journal, Feb 19, 2024
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Aussenwirtschaft, Jun 1, 2011
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Social Science Research Network, 2021
This paper traces the relationship between quarterly estimates of economic activity and people... more This paper traces the relationship between quarterly estimates of economic activity and people's mobility during the Covid-19 crisis in a sample of 53 economies. Over time, the estimates of elasticity of value added with respect to mobility have been declining, to around 20 percent at the start of 2021, attesting to the gradual adjustment of global economic activity to social distancing. Yet this adjustment appears to be modest, with economic recovery driven primarily by greater mobility. The analysis relies on country-specific estimates of potential economic growth consistent with normal mobility. The paper also proposes a simple approach to combining various aspects of mobility in a single index using country-specific weights. Out-of-sample forecasts of growth derived from mobility estimates perform well relative to random walk, medium-term potential growth and other benchmarks.
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Social Science Research Network, 2016
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ADB economics working paper series, Oct 1, 2017
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Economics of Transition, Mar 13, 2018
This paper looks at the link between the quality of economic institutions and innovation, and inn... more This paper looks at the link between the quality of economic institutions and innovation, and innovation and growth. We construct a measure of the innovation content of individual manufacturing industries and show that countries with stronger economic institutions specialize in more innovation‐intensive industries. Our results also provide evidence that industries involving higher levels of innovation grow relatively faster in countries with better economic institutions. The results suggest that innovation is an important channel through which higher quality economic institutions contribute to better growth performance in the long run.
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RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Oct 1, 2011
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Social Science Research Network, 2015
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Social Science Research Network, 2005
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Social Science Research Network, 2021
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Social Science Research Network, 2014
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Review of World Economics, Jun 8, 2019
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Social Science Research Network, 2019
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