Gender pay gap in Poland

Economics of Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-44

  Grajek, Michał ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Earnings differentials; Gender; Planned economy; Poland; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 0345765590     PISSN: 00130451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECOP.0000005729.71467.38     Document Type: Article

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