Continued decline for ethnic minorities in the transition? Changes in ethnic earnings differentials in Bulgaria, 1986, 1993 and 1997

Economics of Transition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-648

  Giddings, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Ethnicity; Transition; Wage gap

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347538077     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2003.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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