%0 Report
        %A Pastore, Francesco
%A Verashchagina, Alina
        %T The Distribution of Wages in Belarus
        %D 2004
        %8 2004 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 1140
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1140
        %X This paper uncovers evidence on the distribution of wages in Belarus in the second half of
the 1990s. The returns to education and work experience are high and stable, which is
atypical for a transition country. This might be due to the pervasive role of the state in fixing
wages in the dominant budget sector, rather than to market forces coming into play. Women
experience contained, though largely unexplained discrimination coupled with higher than
average returns to education. A wage curve effect is found, which is similar in size to that of
other transition countries, but much higher than in market economies.
        %K Belarus
%K gender wage gap
%K returns to education
%K wage distribution
%K wage curve