The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide

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Ethnic differences are often considered to be powerful sources of diverse economic behavior. In this paper, we investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labor market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of earnings, we find a persistent and rising labor market divide between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians throughout Ukraine?s transition era. We establish that language rather than nationality is the key factor behind this ethnic premium favoring Russians. Our findings further document that this premium is larger among males than among females.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 627

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Discrimination: General ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition
• Subject: Ethnicity ; earnings differences ; discrimination ; transitional labor markets ; ethnic premium ; Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Russen ; Ukrainer ; Systemtransformation ; Ukraine

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Constant, Amelie F. ; Kahanec, Martin ; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18520
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET