The Great Recession and Social Preferences: Evidence from Ukraine

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2015-046

Forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics

46 Pages Posted: 30 Sep 2015 Last revised: 25 Oct 2015

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Ralph De Haas

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); KU Leuven

Milena Djourelova

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Elena Nikolova

Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI); University College London - School of Slavonic and East European Studies; IOS Regensburg

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Date Written: September 24, 2015

Abstract

We use detailed survey data to document stark differences between West and East Ukraine when it comes to household attitudes toward market-based economies and democratic institutions. Along both of these dimensions, Eastern Ukrainians are decidedly less supportive of liberal systems. We also find that economic attitudes changed in response to the global financial crisis. West Ukrainian households who were affected more extensively by the crisis were more disappointed with the market and private ownership, while in Eastern Ukraine economic attitudes became less pro-market across the board. Our evidence suggests that attitudes and values are determined by both deep-rooted factors and more transient macroeconomic shocks.

Keywords: financial crisis, social preferences, Ukraine

JEL Classification: F36, P20

Suggested Citation

De Haas, Ralph and Djourelova, Milena and Nikolova, Elena and Nikolova, Elena, The Great Recession and Social Preferences: Evidence from Ukraine (September 24, 2015). CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2015-046, Forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2665121 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2665121

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