Did living standards actually improve under state socialism? Real wages in Bulgaria, 1924-1989
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Keywords
real wages; state socialism; structural transformation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
- N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
- N54 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: 1913-
- N64 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - Europe: 1913-
- P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
- P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2024-10-28 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-TRA-2024-10-28 (Transition Economics)
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