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Table 6 Decomposition of wage gaps (averaged over 1994–1996) relative to Warsaw: estimated contribution of relative lnSTU rates and annual inhiring rates

From: Regional earning disparities and the speed of transition: evidence from Poland 1994–1997

Region

% Wage Gap Relative to Warsaw

% Estimated due Difference in lnSTU

% Estimated due Difference in lnHIRING

Residual

Bialostockie

43.2

4.7

33.6

4.8

Bialskopodlaskie

32.4

8.8

25.1

−1.5

Bielskie

22.8

4.7

6.7

11.3

Bydgoskie

23.0

21.8

10.9

−9.7

Chelmskie

31.9

8.8

32.5

−9.4

Ciechanowskie

32.6

14.6

8.4

9.6

Czestochowskie

34.3

15.0

19.2

0.1

Elblaskie

32.1

17.6

−1.0

15.6

Gdanskie

10.6

9.7

0.8

0.1

Gorzowskie

27.8

27.8

−3.8

3.9

Jeleniogorskie

27.0

27.4

−4.4

4.0

Kaliskie

39.3

11.9

21.9

5.5

Katowickie

4.0

−3.1

25.7

−18.7

Kieleekie

37.0

11.2

29.2

−3.4

Koninskie

21.1

18.4

34.7

−32.0

Koszalinskie

34.6

33.4

−9.7

10.9

Krakowskie

22.3

2.2

19.6

0.5

Krosnienskie

43.1

12.0

20.1

11.0

Legnickie

20.6

16.9

26.7

−23.0

Leszezynskie

41.7

12.9

12.3

16.4

Lodzkie

22.7

7.9

28.2

−13.4

Lomzynskie

37.8

7.6

28.5

1.7

Lubelskie

29.2

22.0

9.7

−2.5

Nowosadeckie

44.7

12.1

22.5

10.1

Olsztynskie

33.1

25.9

4.6

2.6

Opolskie

19.2

7.4

13.8

−2.1

Ostroleckie

34.3

20.2

14.7

−0.5

Pilskie

32.1

21.5

4.2

6.3

Piotrkowskie

27.7

16.5

23.8

−12.6

Plockie

17.7

13.0

20.3

−15.6

Poznanskie

27.6

4.8

15.7

7.1

Premyskie

45.9

12.6

47.1

−13.8

Radomskie

36.2

14.8

29.3

−7.8

Rzeszowskie

39.4

11.0

13.8

14.6

Siedleckie

31.0

7.8

19.4

3.8

Sieradzkie

39.5

16.2

26.2

−2.9

Skierniewickie

35.1

5.1

18.5

11.5

Slupskie

34.3

38.3

0.4

−4.3

Suwalskie

28.0

32.3

19.4

−23.7

Szezecinskie

17.4

17.6

0.1

−0.4

Tarnobrzeskie

33.6

8.8

38.4

−13.6

Tarnowskie

36.3

7.2

15.1

14.0

Torunskie

28.8

20.8

13.2

−5.3

Walbrzyskie

37.1

25.2

16.7

−4.7

Warszawskie

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Wloclawskie

40.7

25.0

27.6

−11.9

Wroclawskie

20.4

11.1

−2.4

11.8

Zamojskie

43.0

5.7

26.3

11.0

Zielonogorskie

33.9

22.2

8.3

3.4

Average

30.4

14.6

16.6

−0.8

SD

9.88

8.83

12.41

11.02