## Wage Structure in the Transition of the Czech Economy

_IMF Working Papers, March 1, 1995_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Robert J. Flanagan
- Published: March 1, 1995
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451977998.001

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### Summary and core findings
- From the perspective of market economies, central planning produced distinct distortions in the wage structures of socialist countries.
- This paper examines the extent to which wage structures have adjusted to remove such distortions during the economic transition using micro-data from the Czech Republic.
- There is strong evidence that Czech wage structures are moving toward patterns in market economies.
- The change is led by developments in the private sector and retarded by the sluggish response in state enterprises.
- The establishment of collective bargaining does not appear to be introducing countervailing distortions into Czech wage structures.

### Data and scope
- Micro-data from the Czech Republic were used to assess adjustments in wage structures during the economic transition.

### Thematic focus and policy-relevant topics
- Subjects: Economic sectors; Education; Labor; Labor markets; Public sector; Wage adjustments; Wage structure; Wages.
- Keywords: career wage profile; Eastern Europe; efficiency wage; enterprise wages policy; firm; pay; private-sector wage advantage; Public sector; state enterprise; union; union wage premium; Wage adjustments; wage policy; Wage structure; Wages; WP.

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