TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Orlowski, Robert
AU  - Riphahn, Regina T.
        TI  - The East German Wage Structure after Transition
        PY  - 2008/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3861
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3861
        AB  - We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure in East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The patterns in the returns to seniority are similar for the two regional labor markets. The returns to experience lag behind in the East German labor market, even almost 20 years after unification. The results are robust when only individuals are considered who started their labor market career in the market economy and they hold across skill groups.
        KW  - returns to experience
KW  - wage structure
KW  - life cycle earnings
KW  - returns to tenure
        ER  -