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Prediction of Success in Post-Communist Societies: Evidence from Latvia and Estonia by Titma, Mikk, Trapido, Denis

“…The article reports results from a four-wave international longitudinal study “Paths of a Generation”representative of young adults in Estonia and Latvia. We…”
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INTRAGENERATIONAL MOBILITY IN SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE USSR by Titma, Mikk, Roots, Ave

“…After the collapse of the USSR, the post-Soviet states chose different strategies to build up their economy and society. In our research, we use data of young…”
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Adolescent agency and adult economic success in a transitional society by Titma, Mikk, Tuma, Nancy Brandon, Roots, Ave

“…Following our previous research, we argue that weak societal institutions allow human agency factors to influence human behaviour strongly and, in particular,…”
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Gender Differences in Intragenerational Mobility: The Case of Estonia by Titma, Mikk, Roots, Ave, Soidla, Indrek

“…The collapse of the socialist system, designed to be as an alternative to a market-based system, created a natural historical experiment. The countries engaged…”
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Guest Editor's Introduction : People in Post-Soviet Transitional Societies by TITMA, MIKK

“…This introduction is a preface to the three articles presented in this special issue of the International Journal of Sociology. They analyze data from…”
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Entrepreneurs in a Transitional Society: Case Study of Estonia by Titma, Mikk, Soidla, Indrek

“…This article investigates the process of the emergence of the entrepreneurial class in post-Soviet countries, using longitudinal data from the Paths of a…”
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Entrepreneurs in a Transitional Society by Titma, Mikk, Soidla, Indrek

“…This article investigates the process of the emergence of the entrepreneurial class in post-Soviet countries, using longitudinal data from the Paths of a…”
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Young Adults' Careers in Post-Soviet Countries by TITMA, Mikk

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Entrepreneurs in a transitional society : Case study of Estonia: Occupational careers and occupational-career interruptions by TITMA, Mikk, SOIDLA, Indrek

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Youth in a Changing Karelia: A Comparative Study of Everyday Life, Future Orientations, and Political Culture of Youth in North-West Russia and Eastern Finland. Ed. Vesa Puuronen, Pentti Sinisalo, Irina Miljukova, and Larissa Shvets Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2000. viii, 256 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Figures. Tables. Map. $79.95, hard bound by Titma, Mikk

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Income Inequalities in the Baltic States by TITMA, MIKK, MURAKAS, REIN

“…The article concentrates on shock therapy introduced over the first years of transition in Latvia and Estonia and the factors that help to explain the trends…”
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Education as a Factor in Intergenerational Mobility in Soviet Society by Titma, Mikk, Tuma, Nancy Brandon, Roosma, Kadi

“…By ideological design, class inheritance was to have been eliminated in the USSR. We hypothesize that education had a potent effect on destination rank in…”
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3 Estonia: A Country in Transition by Titma, Mikk

“…Estonia as a country emerged on the map in the twentieth century. Small by American standards, its history and culture are important to an understanding of the…”
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Alfred Erich Senn "Lithuania Awakening" by Titma, Mikk

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Communist Party Members : Incentives and Gains by TITMA, MIKK, TOODING, LIINA MAI, TUMA, NANCY BRANDON

“…The communist movement, its top leadership, its ideology, and socialist party-states have been extensively investigated by social scientists. But analyses of…”
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Regional Differences in Soviet Secondary Education by TITMA, MIKK, SAAR, ELLU

“…In this paper the process of educational tracking after completion of the 8th grade in the former Soviet Union is presented. The Soviet secondary school system…”
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9 Educational Careers in Estonia by Titma, Mikk, Saar, Ellu

“…Estonians were literate at the end of the nineteenth century but tertiary education became common only during Soviet times. Thus, over half of the respondents…”
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10 Occupational Values of Estonian Generations by Titma, Mikk, Helemäe, Yelena

“…Morris Rosenberg's scale of occupational values was used at each stage of the Estonian Longitudinal Survey (ELS). so we could study changes in values of our…”
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8 Repressions Against People and Property in Estonia: Immediate and Long-Term Impacts by Johnson, Douglas, Titma, Mikk

“…Although our data did not allow us to count the losses due to Soviet oppression in absolute figures, we could examine who was targeted for repressive measures…”
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Estonia: A Country in Transition by Titma, Mikk

“…Estonia as a country emerged on the map in the twentieth century. Small by American standards, its history and culture are important to an understanding of the…”
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