Abstract
Rona-Tas and Guseva (2001) present four criticisms of the “selection theory” explaining why former Communist Party members do better in post-Soviet Russia. None of their criticisms constitute definitive evidence against the selection theory. However, they raise reasonable doubts regarding the timing of the survey and the specification of the model used to empirically confirm the theory in my original article (Gerber, 2000a). These doubts are laid to rest based on a range of empirical evidence, including a new analysis of survey data collected in 2000. The selection theory remains the most compelling and empirically substantiated explanation of the success of former Communist Party members in post-Soviet Russia. The theory points to previously overlooked similarities in stratification processes in state socialist and capitalist societies.
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