Michael, I can't give you the contribution to wage income, but I can give some perspective on how important it was to overall income vis a vis Jugoslavia's overall external financial commitment.
Ratios of Worker Remittances to Interest Payments in Yugoslavia's Current Account Year Ratio 1970 4.0 1975 4.8 1980 1.4 1982 0.7 1984 0.8 (I haven't kept track of them since the mid-80s, but I believe they declined). However, these remittances would not be included in the wage distribution. Nor would the remittances of workers from Bosnia or Kosovo or Macedonia from Slovenia and Croatia to the southern republics. These were probably equally or more significant and would lead to some narrowing of the (real) income differential within the country (i.e. between republics). Paul Date sent: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:31:49 -0700 From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:28098] Re: Re: Re: Re: : Market Socialism Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Paul, could you give us the flavor of the role of remittances in the wage > structure of Yugoslavia? > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
