?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4582%2F&rft.title=Enterprise+Social+Benefit+and+the+Economic+Transition+in+Hungary&rft.creator=Rein%2C+M.&rft.creator=Friedman%2C+B.L.&rft.description=In+Hungary+as+in+other+East+Bloc+countries%2C+enterprises+have+given+a+variety+of+nonwage+benefits+to+their+workers%2C+sometimes+called+the+%22social+wage.%22+We+explore+what+has+happened+to+non-wage+compensation+during+the+economic+transition+which+began+in+1989.+During+this+period%2C+the+real+wage+has+fallen%2C+and+many+aspects+of+enterprise+operations+have+undergone+change.+This+paper+considers+three+broad+questions.+(1)+How+has+total+compensation+and+its+composition+changed+during+this+period+of+restructuring%3F+Have+changes+in+non-wage+compensation+offset+or+reinforced+changes+in+wages+and+which+elements+have+been+increasing%2C+which+decreasing%3F+(2)+What+factors+can+account+for+the+change%3F+(3)+Have+enterprise+non-wage+benefits+in+fact+served+social+functions+in+addition+to+their+business+functions%2C+and%2C+if+so%2C+has+the+social+role+of+benefits+changed+during+this+period%3F&rft.publisher=WP-95-010&rft.date=1995-02&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4582%2F1%2FWP-95-010.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rein%2C+M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2325.html%3E+%26+Friedman%2C+B.L.++(1995).++Enterprise+Social+Benefit+and+the+Economic+Transition+in+Hungary.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-010+++++