Showing 1 - 10 of 2,057
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
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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309075
individual choice of the sector is endogenous to wages, the authors recommend alternative econometric techniques for the public … is significant cross-group variation in the wage gap. The paper concludes that to eliminate the negative gap wages in the … public sector should be linked to the private sector wages at the regional level. -- Public sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794115
The article examines public-private sector wage differentials in Spain using microdata from the Structure of Earnings Survey (Encuesta de Estructura Salarial). When applying various decomposition techniques, we find that it is important to distinguish by gender and type of contract. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350839
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001894006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001943952
We investigate the public-private wage differential in India using nationally representative micro data. While the existing literature focuses on average wage differential, we study the differences in the wage distributions. The raw wage differential between public and private sector is positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810687
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
Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence/duration of parental leave and earnings after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210767