Wages in the East German Transition Process: Facts and Explanations
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Wages in the East German Transition Process – Facts and Explanations
We analyze wage developments in the East German transition process both at the macro and at the microeconomic level. At the macroeconomic level, we draw special attention to the important distinction between product and consumption wages, describe the development of various wage measures, labor productivity and unit labor costs in East Germany in relation to West Germany, and relate these devel...
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عنوان ژورنال: German Economic Review
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1468-0475,1465-6485
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0475.00013