The East German wage structure after transition

Economics of Transition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-659

  Orlowski, Robert ^a   Riphahn, Regina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life cycle earnings; Returns to experience; Returns to tenure; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LABOR MARKET; PRIVATE SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE;

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;

EID: 69649105923     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00367.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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