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Comparative essays in labour market outcomes. / Anita Vaskova Staneva

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This thesis consists of three essays which provide a detailed empirical investigation of the returns to education, gender wage gap and public-private wage differential in Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia and Tajikistan - countries that have received little attention in the literature. The studies are based...

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Published: 2012
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Doctoral
Degree name: Ph.D
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