Changes in gender earnings differentials in Bulgaria's transition to a mixed-market economy

Lisa Giddings ()
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Lisa Giddings: Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Eastern Economic Journal, 2002, vol. 28, issue 4, 481-497

Abstract: Relying on 1986 and 1993 Bulgarian cross-sectional household surveys, the essay examines evidence of a decrease in gender earnings differentials in the country's transition to a market economy. Women's gains in the early transition are due to both changes in the relative returns to skill and changes in the composition of demand for goods and services. With as many years of education as men, women were more likely to have obtained more general secondary and university degrees than men-degrees experiencing increased remuneration in the transition. Furthermore, labor demand increased the most in predominantly female industries, increasing their relative earnings.

Keywords: Earnings; Gender; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 J71 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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