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In this paper, we examine wage inequality and wage differentials in Croatia from 1970 to 2008 using two long aggregate … time series on the distribution of income. We focus especially on changing income inequality related to educational and … vocational attainment, changing income inequality within those groups, and how these two components of inequality were affected …
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Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...
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Wage inequality is considered to have been quite compressed in socialist economies. In this paper I analyse how men …'s wage inequality has changed during the period of transition to a market economy in Serbia, a country which has experienced …) decomposition methodology and five annual Labour Force Surveys (2001-2005). I find that the change in wage inequality is mostly …
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Changes in economic systems provide a rare opportunity to redesign basic institutional structures in labor markets. This paper attempts to provide guidance for such institutional choice by drawing on the findings of recent labor market research in market economies on the links between...
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From the perspective of market economies, central planning produced distinct distortions in the wage structures of socialist countries. This paper examines the extent to which wage structures have adjusted to remove such distortions during the economic transition using micro-data from the Czech...
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This study attempts to explain why the transition to a market economy is skill-biased. It shows unequivocal evidence on increased skill wage premium and supply of skills in transition economies. It examines whether similar skill-favoring shifts in the Russian and U.S. economies are driven by the...
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Under communism, workers had their wages set according to a centrally-determined wage grid. In this paper we use new micro data on men to estimate returns to human capital under the communist wage grid and during the transition to a market economy. We use data from the Czech Republic because it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321311
Interregional differentials in nominal wages in the Russian Federation are huge compared to other countries. Using the NOBUS micro-data and a methodology based on the estimation of the wage equation augmented by aggregate regional characteristics, we show that these differentials have a...
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The gender earnings differential in Russia 2000-02 is examined using a nationally representative household survey. Adjusted for hours worked, women's monthly earnings are 62% of men's, and women's long-run effective wage is 69% of men's. While women's higher human capital endowments reduce the...
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