size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf's law. The main mechanism of …

countries. In the paper, we compare the labour market developments in four countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. There … are pronounced differences in the labour market participation in the four countries: high levels of employment in Germany … and Sweden are in contrast with low levels of employment in Italy and Poland. In the latter two countries, there is also a …

inequality. These changes are arguably the best guide to future trends in the wage distribution. Taking the case of Poland … in Poland, though there is no change in hourly wage inequality, structural change has had clear impacts of the …

This paper studies regional unemployment inequality in Poland. We find that higher unemployment regions are those … job destruction in Poland. Econometric analysis of the determinants of employment to unemployment flows reinforces this …

We document changes in the structure of earnings during the economic transition in Poland. We find that inequality in … substantially, and by similar amounts. This illustrates how even state-owned enterprises in Poland moved towards competitive wage …, in contrast to the U.S. and U.K. experiences, increases in within-group inequality in Poland were very different across …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …