type="main" xml:id="ecot12052-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>Estimating the public–private sector earnings differentials in Serbia from 1995 until 2008 this paper finds significant changes at the mean and across the earnings distribution. The results show that the average public sector pay gap was...</p>

This article studies employment prospects of different types of job seekers in Croatia by upgrading the model of adverse selection with firing costs. Based on Labour Force Survey data for 1996--2006 we find the existence of adverse selection in the Croatian labour market. Reservation wage, as...

This paper describes the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty, and examines recent policy changes and whether there is room for an increased role for fiscal policy in improving the well-being of the poor. Taxes and social spending reduced inequality in Croatia; however, once the...

The authors study the difference between multidimensional well-being inequality and income inequality and propose a method to decompose the difference between the Gini coefficients of income and equivalent income (EI), a multidimensional well-being measure that respects individual preferences...