Wage disparities in Poland: Econometric analysis

• Authors: Dorota Witkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of our research is to identify determinants influencing wages in Poland in the years 2005 and 2009, and to find out if wages obtained by men and women depend on the same factors. Investigation is provided on the basis of data from the Polish Labor Force Survey, employing ordered multinomial logit models and exponential regression.

Keywords

EN

labor market; wage disparity; ordered multinomial logit model; exponential regression

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 115-124

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Dorota Witkowska

• Department of Econometrics and Statistics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW

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