Wage Inequalities in East and West (Hardcover)

Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Analysis of Wage Structures in the Western System and in the Soviet-type System: 1. The wage hierarchy in the market and planning theories; 2. Constructing a comparative model of wage structures; 3. A statistical analysis of the wage dispersion; 4. Analyzing intersector earning differences; 5. Stability and adaptation of wage structures; Part II. Why are the Wage Structures in both Systems so Similar: 6. Two different types of wage regulation; 7. The structuring role of sectors and large firms in the two systems; 8. Pay and the division of labour between manual and non-manual workers; 9. The dispersion of disposable incomes of households in the two systems; 10. A tentative synthesis; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary; Statistical sources and bibliography; Index.