Recent studies show that firms are playing an increasingly important role in shaping wage inequality in advanced economies. We contribute to this literature by analysing wage inequality patterns and their firm dimension in Central and Eastern European countries. We use large, linked...

Die Studie "EU-Erweiterung und Arbeitskräftemigration" wurde vom ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung , München, im Forschungsbereich Sozialpolitik und A r - beitsmärkte erstellt und im Dezember 2000 abgeschlossen. Auftraggeber war das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung ....

This paper examines the gender gaps in employment and wages among top- and lower-level managerial employees in a recent sample of Czech firms. Unlike the existing analyses of managerial gender pay gaps, we acknowledge the adverse consequences of the low and uneven representation of women for the...

This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using comparative data from three European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps. First, we explore the wage differentials and the...