Gender wage differentials in private and public sector jobs

Abstract

We thank the Institute of Industrial Relations for its hospitality and support. This research was financed by the Austrian "Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung" under the project nos. JO548-SOZ and 8327. Valuable comments by E. Barth, C. Brown, J. McNeill, seminar participants at Fribourg and two anonymous referees are gratefully acknowledged. Abstract:In this study gender wage differentials in private and public sector jobs in Austria are calculated. Occupational attainment is considered as endogeneous by the use of an ordered response model. Results show that wage discrimination is also present in the public sector, though on a lower level. Both in private firms and for public servants a substantial part of this unwarranted differential is due to unequal professional advancement.

Gay Pay for Straight Work

“…A sizable body of literature finds a wage premium for employment in the Canadian public sector (Mueller 2002;Zweimüller and Winter-Ebmer 1994), at least partially attributable to higher rates of unionization (Robinson and Tomes 1984;Simpson 1985). A sizable body of literature finds a wage premium for employment in the Canadian public sector (Mueller 2002;Zweimüller and Winter-Ebmer 1994), at least partially attributable to higher rates of unionization (Robinson and Tomes 1984;Simpson 1985).…”

Wage differences between Austrian men and women: semper idem?

“…1 In Austria, the gender wage gap at the beginning of the 1980s was about 37% in the private sector, and about 12 in the public sector (Zweimüller and Winter-Ebmer 1994). We investigate how the gender wage gap developed between 1983 and 1997, two years for which we have adequate data from the Austrian micro-census (Statistik Austria 1983Austria , 1997.…”

Wage Structures in the Private and Public Sectors in West Germany

“…2 Examples of such studies are Smith (1976) and Belman and Heywood (1989) for the US, Brunello and Rizzi (1993) for Italy, Hartog and Oosterbeek (1993) for the Netherlands, Zweimüller and Winter-Ebmer (1994) for Austria, Bender and Elliot (1996) for Britain and Dustmann and van Soest (1997) for Germany. Brunello and Dustmann (1996) compare wage structures between Germany and Italy.…”