Changes in the structure of earnings during the Polish transition

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 389-427

  Keane, Michael P ^a   Prasad, Eswar S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Between and within group inequality; Education and experience premiums; Labor reallocation; Transition; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MARKET TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WAGE GAP;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33744474620     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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