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Public versus private sector wage gap in Egypt : evidence from quantile regression on panel data
Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel … - 2018
This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925568
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Promotion and wages in mid-career : gender, unionism, and sector
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Wang, Si - 2012
This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages, thereby complementing extant studies of the NLSY that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629126
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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? : evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and the private sector
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003661548
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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2021
We provide estimates of impacts on maternal mortality of swings in US aid for family planning and maternal health driven by switches in implementation of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) with US Presidential Party. The GGR is a pro-life policy that prohibits aid to overseas non-governmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745410
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Public-private sector wage differentials in Australia
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Richardson, Sue - 2017
This paper examines wage differentials between public sector and private sector workers in Australia. After controlling for observed characteristics and individual fixed effects, we show that on average workers in the public sector earn about 5.1% percent more hourly wages than those in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641658
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Personality and public sector employment
Maczulskij, Terhi; Viinikainen, Jutta - 2021
Using a representative survey combined with register data on long-term labour market outcomes, this paper examines how personality traits predict sorting into public and private sector employment among prime working-age individuals. To gain deeper insights into the dynamic dimensions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431875
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886756
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Out of sight, out of mind : migration, entrepreneurship and social capital
Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2009
back home. We test the predictions of the model using data from Egypt. We find that, even after controlling for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909683
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Is there an informal employment wage penalty in Egypt?
Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel … - 2015
This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346622
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Education, social mobility and religious movements : a theory of the Islamic revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim … societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt … ; education ; social mobility ; inequality ; social movements ; Egypt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719601