Decomposing Inequality Change in East Germany During Transition

This paper studies the cause of the changes, or lack of, in wage inequality in East Germany during its transition from a socialist to a market-oriented economic system. We are interested in how much of the change in the dispersion of wages can be explained by the changes in the characteristics of workers and how much can be explained by the changes in returns to characteristics of workers.

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Year of publication:	2002-08-29
Authors:	Gang, Ira N. ; Yun, Myeong-Su
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Subject:	characteristics effect \| coefficients effect \| decomposition analysis of inequality \| earnings \| residuals effect

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Departmental Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	D30 - Distribution. General ; J30 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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