Wage Structures in the Private and Public Sectors in West Germany

Dustmann, Christian; Soest, Arthur van

doi:10.1111/j.1475-5890.1997.tb00262.x

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“…As regards studies centered on these countries, we can mention, among others, Dustman and Van Soest (1997), Melly (2005) and Jürges (2002) for Germany, Bar gain and Melly (2008) and Beffy and Kamionka (2010) for France, Lucifora and Meurs (2006) for France and Italy (in 1998) Brunello and Dustmann (1997) for Germany and Italy, Bardasi (1996), Depalo and Giordano (2011) and Giordano (2010), for Italy, Kioulafas, Donatos and Michailidis (1991), Kanellopoulos (1997) and Papapetrou (2004Papapetrou ( , 2006 Depalo and Giordano (2010) find that in Italy such additional motivations are particularly significant above the median of the wage distribution, precisely where other studies assuming random sampling use to find lower premia or even penalties. Similar results are obtained by Melly (2006) for Germany.…”

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The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries in the Pre-crisis Period

Giordano¹,

Coutinho²,

Depalo³

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We investigate the public-private wage differentials in ten euro area countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) in the pre-crisis period (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007). To account for differences in employment characteristics between the two sectors, we focus on micro data taken from EU-SILC. The results point to a conditional pay differential in favour of our public sector proxy that is generally higher for women, at the low tail of the wage distribution, in the Education and the Public administration sectors rather than in the Health sector. Notable differences emerge across countries, with Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain exhibiting higher public sector premia than other countries.

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The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries in the Pre-crisis Period

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“…All ®gures reported below refer to individuals located in the geographic area of the former West Germany. The precise details of the data construction follow the work of Dustmann and Van Soest (1997). For Sweden, three different data sources have been used.…”

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Labour supply: a review of alternative approaches

Blundell¹,

MaCurdy²

1998

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“…In the next panel of Figure 5, men who left school with A levels are highlighted. Here, the 7 By way of comparison, Dustmann and van Soest (1997) also find a discrepancy in the wage differentials for men and women in the public sector in Germany, the former obtaining a 'penalty' and the latter a 'premium'. Wage 'penalties' are lowest for men with the least education, and 'premiums' are highest for women with the highest educational attainment.…”

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Does It Pay to Work in the Public Sector?

1998

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This paper uses microeconomic data from the British Household Panel and General Household Surveys to describe how the distribution of pay differs between the public and private sectors in 1983 and in the early 1990s. Separate analyses by gender and education group reveal that it is women and those with intermediate-level qualifications who do best in the public sector. The large differences between the shapes of the conditional (that is, holding age and education constant) distributions of wages in the public and private sectors are demonstrated using quantile regressions estimated separately for each education group. The paper also exploits the longitudinal structure of the data used to assess how much of these differences can be explained by the unobserved characteristics of individuals.JEL classifications: J31, J45.

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Wage Structures in the Private and Public Sectors in West Germany

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries in the Pre-crisis Period

The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries in the Pre-crisis Period

Labour supply: a review of alternative approaches

Does It Pay to Work in the Public Sector?

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