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Earnings disparities in the czech republic: evidence of the past decade and cross-national comparison

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Wage and income surveys are used to display changes in inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. In the first part, increasing disparities in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage determination are observed. In the second part, available evidence on cross-national comparison is gathered in order to demonstrate the increasing similarity of the Czech wage structure with Western countries. We document that the introduction of the market economy has led to a significant increase in earnings disparities; the

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  • Jiří Večerník, 2001. "Earnings disparities in the czech republic: evidence of the past decade and cross-national comparison," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2001(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpep:v:2001:y:2001:i:3:id:175
    DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.175
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    Keywords

    earnings disparities; returns to education; gender gap; communist system of rewarding; transition in the Czech Republic;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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