Wage differentials across sectors in Europe |
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| Authors: | Iga Magda François Rycx Ilan Tojerow Daphné Valsamis |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. E‐mail: iga.magda@ibs.org.pl;2. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (CEB and DULBEA), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. E‐mail: frycx@ulb.ac.be;3. FNRS, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (CEB and DULBEA), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. E‐mail: itojerow@ulb.ac.be;4. IDEA and DULBEA, Belgium. E‐mail: dvalsamis@ulb.ac.be |
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| Abstract: | Using a unique harmonized linked employer–employee dataset, this paper analyses the structure and determinants of inter‐industry wage differentials in Central and Eastern European countries (Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) and compares them to those observed in Western European states. Findings show substantial differences in earnings across sectors in all countries, even when controlling for a wide range of employee, job and employer characteristics. The hierarchy of sectors in terms of wages appears to be quite similar in Eastern and Western European countries, although the former tend to have higher levels of dispersion of inter‐industry wage differentials. |
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| Keywords: | J31 P23 Inter‐industry wage differentials matched employer– employee data wages CEE countries transition economies |
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