The East German wage structure after transition
We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure in East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The patterns in the returns to seniority are similar for the two regional labor markets. The returns to experience lag behind in the East German labor market, even almost 20 years after unification. The results are robust when only individuals are considere ... Show more
Authors: Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T.
Institute for the Study of Labour (Germany) (IZA)
Published: Bonn, Germany, IZA, 2008
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 29 p.
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