Do Markets Favour Women's Human Capital More Than Planners?

Jan Svejnar, Münich, Daniel and Katherine Terrell
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Daniel MÜNICH

No 4760, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Using micro data on women in the Czech Republic, we compare returns to various measures of human capital at the end of communism (1989), in mid-transition (1996) and in late/post-transition (2002). We show: dramatic increases in returns to education from 1989 to 1996 but no change from 1996 to 2002; no differences in returns to education by state vs. privately-owned firms; ‘sheepskin’ effects in both regimes, which rise over time and are similar across firm ownership; no difference in returns to education obtained during communism vs. transition; no change in wage-experience profiles over time; and similar increases in returns to education for women and men. In sum, markets pay women and men equally more for their human capital than the planners did; all the adjustment occurred in early transition and was driven by market forces rather than private ownership.

Keywords: Human capital; Wages; Transition; Czech republic; Sheepskin effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 P20 P31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-11
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