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SALARY AND LIVELIHOOD<br />

This chapter discusses salary development <strong>in</strong> Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania<br />

between Autumn 1998 and January <strong>2002</strong>. The length of <strong>the</strong> period under survey<br />

is <strong>the</strong>refore a little over 3 years. To start with, <strong>the</strong> forms of salary payment<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g used <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se countries are exam<strong>in</strong>ed. After that, <strong>the</strong> quantitative<br />

changes <strong>in</strong> net salaries are analysed for each country separately. This is not a<br />

question of study<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> salary structure so much as monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> changes <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> wage earners' standard of liv<strong>in</strong>g. The last section of <strong>the</strong> chapter deals with<br />

problems connected with salary payment, such as black <strong>in</strong>come and payment<br />

delays.<br />

SALARY ARRANGEMENTS<br />

A monthly salary that is <strong>fi</strong>xed, or <strong>in</strong>cludes also <strong>fi</strong>xed regular additional payments,<br />

is <strong>the</strong> most general form of salary payment <strong>in</strong> all <strong>the</strong> <strong>Baltic</strong> countries.<br />

This k<strong>in</strong>d of payment basis has become <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly common <strong>in</strong> Estonia and<br />

Lithuania. In <strong>the</strong> year <strong>2002</strong>, more than half of all <strong>the</strong> workers <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Baltic</strong><br />

countries received a salary of this type. The proportion <strong>in</strong> Estonia is still<br />

smaller than that <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two countries. Despite <strong>in</strong>creased use of <strong>the</strong> <strong>fi</strong>xed<br />

payment method, <strong>the</strong> percentage receiv<strong>in</strong>g variable wages is still high.

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