Gorzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel - In: Post-Communist Economies 17 (2005) 4, pp. 449-464
Since Eastern Germany's conversion to a market economy wages have remained considerably below the West German wage level. This article looks at the role of establishment-specific factors—such as sectoral affiliation and size of the labour force—in this process. A non-parametric decomposition...