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By using data for individual workers and managers with matching information for firms, we provide the first evidence from a large-scale study of a former socialist country on employee participation during the early stages of transition and the final period of communism. We find that: (1) throughout 1989-92, the average level of employee participation is quite modest; (2) workers did begin to assert a greater measure of influence during this period; (3) during 1989-92, cases of genuine 'worker self-management' while apparent, were always rare; (4) there are potentially important discrepancies in the views of managers and employees as to who has what degree of power and on what issues; and (5) when respondents are classified into three categories of 'participation', there are statistically significant differences in individualand firm-level characteristics. Finally, we contrast our findings with other evidence and consider broader implications for transition.

The available theoretical and empirical evidence on the economic effects of alternative 'sharing arrangements' is partially reviewed. From this, as well as consideration of other non-economic arguments, is derived a package of initiatives in workplace democratization and participation for the US. The package has two halves. First are proposals to expand the sectors in which workers have majority ownership and control. The discussion outlines which industries should be emphasized, the appropriate enabling legislation and how this might be financed. There follows a discussion of policies designed to encourage more modest expansions in worker ownership, participation and profits.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Early transition in Bulgaria: review and evaluation -- Chapter 2: Economic transformation and regional inequality in Bulgaria: in search of a meaningful unit of analysis -- Part Two: Macroeconomics -- Chapter 3: Inflation in a transition economy: the case of Bulgaria -- Chapter 4: Price index gap in Bulgaria -- Chapter 5: Incomes policies in Bulgaria -- Chapter 6: Macroeconomic effects of restrictive wage policy in Bulgaria: empirical evidence for 1991-95 -- Part Three: Money and capital market -- Chapter 7: A role for an independent central bank in transition? The case of Bulgaria -- Chapter 8: Collateral, access to credit, and investment in Bulgaria -- Part Four: Trade -- Chapter 9: The international economy -- Part Five: Privatization, restructuring of state firms and small firms -- Chapter 10: Process of privatization in Bulgaria -- Chapter 11: Nature and role of small firms in Bulgaria -- Chapter 12: Enterprise adjustment during early transition -- Part Six: Agricultural reform -- Chapter 13: Evolution of agrarian institutions in Bulgaria: markets, cooperatives, and private farming, 1991-94 -- Part Seven: Labor markets -- Chapter 14: Bulgarian labor market during early period of transition -- Chapter 15: Fringe benefits in transition: evidence from Bulgaria -- Appendix: statistical tables