@techreport{Puhani1997Quiet,
abstract = {We analyse the Polish wage and unemployment structure between 1992
and 1995 on the basis of the Polish Labour Force Survey. It is shown that within this
period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly, wage inequality is lower in the
private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public
sector, there are no gender differences in the valuation of human capital in the private
sector. This supports the hypothesis that the transition towards a market economy
promotes the equality of the sexes. Although the higher?education wage premium has
risen significantly over the observation period, the ceteris paribus wage differential
between white?collar and blue?collar workers is about zero. Indeed, we find that
blue?collar workers as well as workers in the mining, manufacturing, and
construction industries have kept or improved their relative wage position despite an
increase in unemployment for these groups. There is therefore significant evidence for
rigidities in the Polish labour market.},
address = {Mannheim},
author = {Patrick A. Puhani},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J31; J60; 330; wage inequality; wage structure; labour market rigidities; Poland; Lohnstruktur; Lohndifferenzierung; Arbeitsmarktsegmentierung; Geschlecht; Privatwirtschaft; \"{O}ffentlicher Sektor; Polen},
language = {eng},
number = {97-03},
publisher = {Zentrum f\"{u}r Europ\"{a}ische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)},
title = {All Quiet on the Wage Front?},
type = {ZEW Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24233},
year = {1997}
}
