Changes in the structure of earnings during the Polish transition

A substantial part of the increase in earnings inequality was between group, due largely to increased education premiums. However, changes in inequality within education-experience-gender groups account for about 60 percent of the increase in overall earnings inequality. The increases in within-group inequality were very different across skill groups, with much larger increases for highly educated workers. These patterns hold in both the private and public sectors, although increases in education premiums were somewhat greater in the private sector.