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This paper examines an important anomaly in the internal migration history of the former Soviet Union (FSU). While many cities were closed in the sense of explicitly limiting growth of city population from migration, it was difficult to assess the effectiveness of these controls. We analyze a sample of 308 Soviet cities to isolate the impact of closure regulations controlling for city size. We find that while there are pervasive patterns of city growth, the rate increasing through the 1960s and declining thereafter, there are also pervasive differences between controlled and uncontrolled cities, the later growing significantly faster in almost all cases, controlling for city size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines trends in revenues and budgetary expenditures for the period 1950 through 1975 in the Soviet Union. Influence of state ownership and resource control and utilization on the structure of the urban budget process; Impact of indirect taxes on the tax burdens of citizens and the financial and economic system.

Presents an overview of the agricultural sector in the Soviet Union. Role of agriculture in economic development; Growth of output; Productivity growth; Regionalization; Implications for policies on agriculture.

Explores factors affecting rural-urban migration in Soviet Union. Patterns of urbanization; Economic planning; Social and economic structure of Soviet Union; Population policy.

Explores the directions of comparative economics. Inadequacy of knowledge about comparative economics; Utilization of research methods for economics; Problems being faced by comparative economists in the economic planning of Union Soviet.

Explains Soviet rural-urban migration during the period 1950 through 1972 by estimating single and simultaneous equation models of Soviet migration. Investigation of the potential impact of simultaneous equation bias by endogenizing the urban housing variable; Labor allocation; Factors which influence Soviet occupational and locational choice; Description of the rural-urban migration process.