Understanding the public sector pay gap
Abstract We uncover the short- and long-run structural determinants of the existing cross-country heterogeneity in public-private pay differentials for a broad set of OECD countries. We explore micro data (EU-SILC, 2004–2012) and macro data (1970–2014). Three results stand out. First, when looking a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017-07-01
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Series: | IZA Journal of Labor Policy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40173-017-0086-0 |