Klara Sabirianova Peter

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Assistant Professor

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

United States

http://www.unc.edu/~kpeter

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Research Fellow

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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London

United Kingdom

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1.

Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-26
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Sep 2008
Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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income inequality, Gini, personal income tax, structural progressivity, tax evasion, redistribution, Kuznets hypothesis, democracy, law and order

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1987, Andrew Young School Research Paper No. 06-05
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Feb 2006
Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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wage, wage differentials, public sector, corruption, bribery, Ukraine

Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Dec 2006
Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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corruption, bribery, public sector, wage, wage differentials, consumption, Ukraine

Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5585
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Jun 2006
Klara Sabirianova Peter and Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Wage, wage differentials, public sector, corruption, bribery, Ukraine

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Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries

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Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-08
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2009
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Steve Buttrick and Denvil Duncan
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Georgia State University - Department of Economics and Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
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personal income tax, tax complexity, progressivity, flat tax, global trends

Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4228
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Jun 2009
Klara Sabirianova Peter and Steve Buttrick
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Georgia State University - Department of Economics
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personal income tax, marginal rate, average rate, tax complexity, progressivity, flat tax, revenue, global trends

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1457, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1102, William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 734
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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efficiency, productivity, economic development, foreign direct investment, ownership, convergence, frontier, Czech Republic, Russia, Washington Consensus

Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4868
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 13 May 2005
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Efficiency, productivity, economic development, foreign direct investment, ownership, convergence, frontier, Czech republic, Russia, Washington consensus

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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-25
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 Feb 2008
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Tax Evasion, consumption-income gap, personal income tax, flat tax, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, deadweight loss, transition, Russia

Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

IZA Working Paper No. 3267
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 May 2008
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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tax evasion, consumption-income gap, personal income tax, flat tax, difference-indifference, regression discontinuity, deadweight loss, transition, Russia

Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

NBER Working Paper No. w13719
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2010
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Unequal Inequalities: Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Income Inequality?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6910
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Oct 2012
Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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income inequality, Gini, personal income tax, structural progressivity, tax evasion

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Income Tax Flattening: Does it Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?

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Income Tax Flattening: Does it Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-09
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2009
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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shadow economy, tax evasion, personal income tax, corporate income tax, flat tax

Income Tax Flattening: Does it Help to Reduce the Shadow Economy?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4223
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jun 2009
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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shadow economy, tax evasion, personal income tax, corporate income tax, flat tax, structural progressivity, tax complexity, electricity approach, institutions

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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1332
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Sep 2004
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Foreign direct investment, productivity, convergence, frontier, knowledge spillovers, Czech Republic, Russia

Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4723
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Jan 2005
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Jan Svejnar and Katherine Terrell
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, NY, USA and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
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Foreign direct investment, productivity, convergence, frontier, knowledge spillovers, Czech Republic, Russia

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Worker Training in a Restructuring Economy: Evidence from the Russian Transition

IZA Discussion Paper No. 361; Univ. of Kentucky Economics Working Paper No. E-214-00
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Sep 2000
Mark Berger, John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of Kentucky - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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On-the-job Training, Restructuring, Wage Growth, Human Capital Investments

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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1182
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Jul 2004
Belton M. Fleisher, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Xiaojun Wang
Ohio State University (OSU) - Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of Hawaii - Department of Economics
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returns to schooling, skills, speed of reforms, meta-analysis, transition, Central and Eastern Europe, China, Russia

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How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia

SITE Working Paper No. 139; W.E. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 02-77
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Apr 1999
John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter
George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Russia, pay, arrears, Earle, Zabirianova, Upjohn

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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities

IZA Discussion Paper No. 900
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Nov 2003
Mark Berger, Glenn C. Blomquist and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of Kentucky - Department of Economics, University of Kentucky - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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compensating differentials, equilibrium, hedonic, quality of life, amenities, implicit prices, labor market, housing market, transition, Russia

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

IZA Discussion Paper No.196
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Dec 2000
John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter
George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Wage arrears, contractual failure, institutions, institutional lock-in, social interactions, Russia, transition

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The Great Human Capital Reallocation: A Study of Occupational Mobility in Transitional Russia

William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 309
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 12 Dec 2000
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Falling Tax Evasion: How Much Can Tax Rates and Labor Regulations Explain?

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-10
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Feb 2008
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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tax evasion, tax rate, flat tax, labor regulation, transition

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Skill-Biased Transition: The Role of Markets, Institutions, and Technological Change

IZA Discussion Paper No. 893; William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 616
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Oct 2003
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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technological change, wage inequality, human capital, transition, Russia, linked employer-employee data

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Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1325
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Oct 2004
Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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returns to schooling, earnings function, semiparametric approach, decomposition, counterfactual, cross-country analysis, retrospective data, transition, Russia, Ukraine

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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1006; W.E. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 03-97
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
John S. Earle, Andrew Spicer and Klara Sabirianova Peter
George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government, University of California, Riverside (UCR) - A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Institutions, norms, legitimacy, arrears, organizational practices, sociology, Russia

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Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

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Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 09-09
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 10 Jun 2009
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Dmitriy Stolyarov
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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Inequality, income, consumption, transition, Russia

Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4233
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 21 Jun 2009
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Dmitriy Stolyarov
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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inequality, income, consumption, transition, Russia

Inequality and Volatility Moderation in Russia: Evidence from Micro-Level Panel Data on Consumption and Income

NBER Working Paper No. w15080
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2010
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Dmitriy Stolyarov
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4257
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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labor supply, personal income tax, flat tax, labor supply elasticity, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, wage endogeneity, employment participation, Russia, transition

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Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1198; William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 708
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Jul 2004
John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter
George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Wage arrears, contract violation, neighborhood effect, social interactions, multiple equilibria, network externality, strategic complementarity, transition, Russia

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Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-129
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Jul 2006
John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter
George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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contract violation, wage arrears, social custom, strategic complementarity, neighborhood effect, social interactions, multiple equilibria, network externality, transition, Russia

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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 09-10
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Jul 2009
Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Labor supply, personal income tax, flat tax, labor supply elasticity, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, wage endogeneity, employment participation, Russia, transition.

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College Expansion and the Marginal Returns to Education: Evidence from Russia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8735
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Dec 2014
Olga Belskaya, Klara Sabirianova Peter and Christian Posso
Ohio University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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education, returns to college, marginal treatment effect, policy‐relevant treatment effect, local instrumental variable, selection bias, college expansion, Russia

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A Joint Hazard-Longitudinal Model of the Timing of Migration, Immigrant Quality, and Labor Market Assimilation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10887
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 31 Jul 2017
Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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migration, joint hazard-longitudinal model, mixed effects, random slope, individual-specific wage assimilation, unobserved skills, survival analysis, timing of migration, maximum likelihood, selection due to endogenous entry, Germany

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Evidence from the Russian Tax Reformdoes Labour Supply Respond to a Flat Tax?

Economics of Transition, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 365-404, April 2010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Mar 2010
Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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Limits to Wage Growth: Understanding the Wage Divergence between Immigrants and Natives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10891
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 31 Jul 2017
Apoorva Jain and Klara Sabirianova Peter
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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migration, assimilation, divergence, wage growth, skill prices, post-migration human capital, discrimination, doubly robust estimator, instrumental variables, panel, Germany