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Title: The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide

Author(s): Amelie Constant, Martin Kahanec and Klaus F Zimmermann

Publication Date: October 2006

Keyword(s): discrimination, earnings differences, ethnic premium, ethnicity and transitional labour markets

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: Ethnic differences are often considered to be powerful sources of diverse economic behaviour. In this paper, we investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labour market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of earnings, we find a persistent and rising labour 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 favouring Russians. Our findings further document that this premium is larger among males than among females.

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Constant, A, Kahanec, M and Zimmermann, K. 2006. 'The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=5904