Author information:
Álmos Telegdy: Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Senior Economic Research Expert. E-mail: telegdya@mnb.hu
Cite as (APA):
Telegdy, Á. (2018). Wage Inequality on the Hungarian Labour Market:Technological Change, Expansion in Higher Education and the Role of the Minimum Wage. Financial and Economic Review, 17(3), 5–28. https://doi.org/10.25201/FER.17.3.528
Column:
Study
Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes:
J31, J61, D31, R11
Keywords:
wage inequality, wage dynamics, labour market polarisation
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