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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Main Authors: Maria M. Campos, Domenico Depalo, Evangelia Papapetrou, Javier J. Pérez, Roberto Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-07-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Policy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40173-017-0086-0