Wage differentials between the public and the private sectors: Evidence from an economy in transition

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-224

  Adamchik, Vera A ^a   Bedi, Arjun S ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

J310; Transition economies; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000315337     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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