CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Adzhadzh, Liliia |
|---|---|
| Title | Labor Force Participation And Gender Wage Gaps In East And West Germany |
| Summary | The unique isolated development of West and East Germany during more than four decades formed different environments for labor force participation of individuals and regional specific labor inequality dynamics. The current thesis investigates the employment trends and gender wage gaps evolution in two regions starting from the first years of the transition period. The technique applied for the wage decomposition is the classical Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition with the Heckman two-stage procedure as an extension to correct for the selectivity issues. The correction method takes into account the participation decision of the individuals and helps to construct the Mill’s ratio to amend the wage equations. Results display significant selectivity into employment among women, fast convergence in employment rates between West and East Germany, and persistent over 1992-2016 period gender wage gaps. |
| Supervisor | Weber, Andrea |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/adzhadzh_liliia.pdf |
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