Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the nature of the gender wage gap in Russia between1994 and 1998 taking into account the pervasiveness of Russia’s non-payment institutions. Investigatingdiscrimination ‘bands’ at different sections of the income distribution and for various important...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the gender wage gap in Russia from 1994 to 1998. We find that the average gender wage gap was fairly stable during 1994-1996 but that it became wider following the financial crisis of 1998. In particular, low-income female employees were hardest hit by the...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the gender wage gap in Russia from 1994 to 1998. We find that the average gender wage gap was fairly stable during 1994-1996 but that it became wider following the financial crisis of 1998. In particular, low-income female employees were hardest hit by the...