Russian Occupational Wages in Transition
Transition has created a dual wage structure in Russia. Wages in the emerging private sector are almost twice the level of government sector wages. Compared to Western wage patterns, Soviet wages were relatively high for blue collar workers, especially those in skilled trades. For many highly educated occupations, Soviet wages were relatively low. The transition has disrupted this wage structure, aggravating its anomalies, increasing the dispersion within occupations, and eliminating any correlation with prestige rankings and length of education. This paper utilizes wage data, prestige rankings and years of schooling for 62 occupations in the USSR (1980), Russia (1992) and, for comparative purposes, for the U. S., U. K. and Denmark.
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1996
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Authors: | Aage, Hans |
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Comparative Economic Studies. - Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 0888-7233. - Vol. 38.1996, 4, p. 35-52
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Palgrave Macmillan |
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