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The Effects of Market Liberalization on the Relative Earnings of Chinese Women

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

In this paper we first explore the effects of differences in labor market institutions and the degree of market liberalization on the size and composition of gender wages gaps in China's urban labor markets. We use enterprise-ownership type, enterprise age, and workers' methods of finding...

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The Gender Pay Gap in the Transition from Communism: Some Empirical Evidence

Newell, Andrew; Reilly, Barry - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2000

This short paper investigates the path through the 1990s of the gender pay gap in a number of former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The main findings are that the gender pay gap has not exhibited, in general, an upward tendency over the transitional period to which...

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Women in the LAC Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990’s

Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001

versus non-agriculture), unemployment, and earnings. Overall we document substantial progress made by women in many areas … higher earnings than those of men. Women’s share of household labor earnings rose from 28% in the early 1990’s to 30% in the …

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The Economics of Work and Family

Kimmel, Jean (contributor); Hoffman, Emily P. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Kimmel and Hoffman present a set of topical, non-technical papers authored by nationally known experts in this field. Using an economic perspective, they confront work/family issues including child care (potentially the biggest obstacle to parents successfully integrating work and family...

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Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus

Brixiova, Zuzana; Volchok, Vera - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

In most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the transition to market led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low official unemployment, combined with a low share of the private...

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Comment on "Corporate Governance and Restructuring: Lessons from Transition Economies," by Gerard Roland

Earle, John S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

earnings of continuously-employed urban workers, migrants, and laid off but subsequently re-employed workers, as well as on the … most recent earnings of laid-off (but not subsequently re-employed) workers. We also decompose the earnings differentials …. The empirical results demonstrate that educational attainment remains an important explanator of earnings differentials …

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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

earnings for each additional year of schooling, than that of continuously employed workers. …

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Assessing the Problem of Human Capital Mismatch in Transition Economies

Druska, Viliam; Jeong, Byeong ju; Kejak, Michal; … - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

In transition economies, there may be a significant mismatch between the types of skills that workers possess and the types of skills that the new economy demands. We consider this problem of human capital mismatch along the dimensions of training type (holding the level) and occupation. We...

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The Wage Effects of Schooling under Socialism and in Transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000

Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004

We estimate the impact of schooling on monthly earnings from 1950 to 2000 in Romania. Nearly constant at about 3 …-4 percent during the socialist period, the coefficient on schooling in a conventional earnings regression rises steadily during …

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