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| Title: | | Decomposing Male Inequality Change in East Germany During Transition  |
| Authors: | | Gang, Ira N. Yun, Myeong-Su |
| Issue Date: | | 2002 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 579 |
| Abstract: | | This paper studies the cause of the changes in male wage inequality in East Germany during its transition from a socialist to a market-oriented economic system. We are interested in how much of the change in the dispersion of wages can be explained by the changes in the characteristics of workers and how much can be explained by the changes in returns to the characteristics of workers. |
| Subjects: | | decomposition analysis of inequality earnings equation coefficients (price) effect characteristics (quantity) effect residuals effect |
| JEL: | | J30 D30 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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