This paper uses new micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) to examine the gender gaps across the distribution of wages in Ukraine during communism (1986), the start of transition (1991), and after Ukraine started to be considered a market economy (2003). We findthat...

This paper uses quantile regression and counterfactual decomposition methods to investigate whether a ‘glass ceiling’ exists or if instead a ‘sticky floor’ is more prevalent among the African populace in the South African ‘formal’ labour market. Furthermore, it assesses whether the...

Wage and income surveys covering the period 1989-1999 are used to display changes in inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. In the first part, increasing differences in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage structure are observed. In...

This paper uses new micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) to examine the gender gaps across the distribution of wages in Ukraine during communism (1986), the start of transition (1991), and after Ukraine started to be considered a market economy (2003). We find that...

En 2017, el Banco de España publicó un documento ocasional (DO 1701) en el que se describía el marco institucional del sistema de pensiones, se presentaban sus principales retos a medio plazo y se analizaban algunas propuestas de reforma. En este nuevo documento, el gobernador actualiza ese...

En 2017, el Banco de España publicó un documento ocasional (DO 1701) en el que se describía el marco institucional del sistema de pensiones, se presentaban sus principales retos a medio plazo y se analizaban algunas propuestas de reforma. En este nuevo documento, el gobernador actualiza ese...

Artículo de revista ; The Survey of Financial Competences shows that men are better at answering financial literacy questions than women. This article documents the magnitude of the gender gap in this area, reviews the hypotheses that, according to the academic literature, might explain the...