When does transition increase the gender wage gap?: An application to Belarus Pastore and Verashchagina The Gender Wage Gap during Transition

Economics of Transition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-369

  Pastore, Francesco ^a   Verashchagina, Alina ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Belarus; Central and Eastern European counties; Commonwealth of Independent States; Decomposition analysis; Economic transition; Evolution of the gender wage gap; Sample selection bias; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET TRANSITION; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BELARUS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 79952660186     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2010.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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