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Abstract
This paper uses cross-sectional individual data from the 1994 Integrated Household
Survey of Romania to analyze the determinants of male and female wages in public and
private enterprises. Using quantile regression, the rate of return to education and
experience at different quantiles of the wage distribution is estimated. Higher levels of
education are significantly associated with higher wages for both males and females in
public firms. In private firms, only college education is correlated with significantly
higher wages. Differences in individual characteristics are found to explain the highest
portion of the male-female wage differential in Romania in both sectors.