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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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Nearly 20 years after unification large differences of the labor market situation in East and West Germany persist. Wages are still considerably lower, the unemployment rate is about twice of the West German level, and the competitiveness of the East German economy seems to be low. This paper...
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The gender patterns of industrial, occupational, and firm-type distribution of employment in Russia 2000-02 are examined using a nationally representative household survey. After a decade of reforms, the degree of gender job segregation remains high. Women gravitate to lower paid industries and...
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This article presents new evidence on urban–rural migrant wage differentials of workers in full-time employment in China. It utilises a nationally representative data set, recent matching techniques, and IV estimation methods to evaluate conditional and unconditional quantile treatment effects...
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In this chapter, I survey principal econometric studies of several important labor market issues in Central and East European countries as they launched the transition from central planning to a market economy. The topics covered include employment, wage and fringe benefits determination in...
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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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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...
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A privatizáció üteme alapján Magyarországot a gyors reformerek közé szokás sorolni. A szocialista vállalatok kezdeti megújulása azonban sok esetben puszta méretcsökkentésre és az erőforrások kicsemegézésére (valamint névcserére) korlátozódott. Az átalakult cégek...
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Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver of income inequality in developing countries. Viet Nam, a …
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