Reilly, Barry and Newell, Andrew (2001) The gender pay gap in the transition from communism: some empirical evidence. Economic Systems, 25 (4). pp. 287-304. ISSN ISSN: 0939-3625

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Abstract

This short paper investigates the gender pay gap in a number of former communist countries of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The main findings are that, in general, the gender pay gap has not exhibited an upward tendency over the transitional period to which available data relate. Most of the gender pay gap is ascribed to the ‘unexplained’ component using conventional decompositions and this may partly be attributable to the proxy measure for labour force experience used in this study. Quantile regression analysis indicates that in all but one country, the ceteris paribus gender pay gap rises as we move up the wage distribution.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Gender pay gap, Transition, Communism, Quantile regression
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic history and conditions H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography
Depositing User:	Chris Keene
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2008
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2019 08:36
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473
Google Scholar:	106 Citations

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