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Public-sector employment, wages and education decisions
Chassamboulli, Andri; Gomes, Pedro - 2023
the labor force depend crucially on the structure of the labor market. An increase of skilled public-sector wages has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014230176
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A detailed decomposition analysis of the public-private sector wage gap in South Africa
Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence; Benhura, Miracle - 2015
The present study examines the public-private sector wage gap in South Africa using individual cross section data for 2000-7. Results from unconditional quantile regressions and generalised Oaxaca-Blinder type decompositions show that the wage gap is inverted-U shaped across the wage...
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Returns to education in the public and private sectors : Europe and Central Asia
Montenegro, Claudio M.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2022
The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...
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Returns to education in the public and private sectors : Europe and Central Asia
Montenegro, Claudio M.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2022
The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358716
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The returns to education and the wage effect from overeducation in Trinidad and Tobago : a pseudo-panel approach
Doon, Roshnie; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024
Having highly educated workers can be beneficial for organizations in terms of innovation and problem-solving capabilities, however when underpaid and underemployed, overeducated workers may experience feelings of frustration and stagnation as they are unable to fully utilize their skills and...
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Differential patterns between private and public sector wages in Spain
León, Alba Couceiro de; Dolado, Juan J. - 2022
This paper studies the wage differentials between the public and private sectors in Spain, as well as its distribution across different educational levels and by gender. To do so, the well-known Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of mincerian wage regressions is applied for both sectors, breaking down...
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Public-private sector wage differentials in Australia
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Richardson, Sue - 2017
5.1% percent more hourly wages than those in the private sector. The wage premium is slightly higher for females than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641658
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Economics and politics of the public-private wage gap (the case of Russia)
Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E.; Lukiyanova, Anna; Šarunina, A. V. - 2019
The paper explores the public-private wage gap in the Russian economy over time and along the whole wage distribution. Using the RLMS-HSE panel data set, we examine how gaps at various points of wage distribution changed from 2005 to 2015 and present decompositions of the gaps into components...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995927
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The effect of public wages on corporate compensation in Hungary
Telegdy, Álmos - 2013
I identify wage spillovers from the public to the corporate sector with the help of a large and sudden public sector wage increase, which raised real compensation by 40 percent in two years, changing the average public wage premium from minus 10 to plus 12 percent. Using a dataset covering about...
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Interactions between private and public sector wages
Afonso, António; Gomes, Pedro - 2010
estimation findings. -- public sector wages ; private sector wages ; employment ; fiscal policy …We examine the interactions between public and private sector wages per employee in OECD countries. The growth of … public sector wages and of public sector employment positively affects the growth of private sector wages. Moreover, total …
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