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Gibt es eine Lohnkurve in den neuen Bundesländern? (Is there a wage curve in eastern German?)

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"The paper analyzes the possible existence of a wage curve in East Germany for the time period from 1998 to 2002 using panel data from the IAB-Establishment Panel, restricting the study to firms from the industrial sector. The results give room to the conclusion that there is a wage curve in East Germany. But the estimated wage elasticities exceed comparable results by a factor between 2 and 3 in absolute value." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Buscher, Herbert S., 2003. "Gibt es eine Lohnkurve in den neuen Bundesländern? (Is there a wage curve in eastern German?)," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 36(4), pages 461-475.
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabmit:v:36:i:4:p:461-475
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