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The public sector pay gap in a selection of euro area countries

"We investigate the public-private wage differentials in ten euro area countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain). To account for differences in employment characteristics between the two sectors, we focus on micro data taken from EU-SILC...

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Main Authors: Giordano, Raffaella, Depalo, Domenico, Coutinho Pereira, Manuel, Eugène, Bruno, Papapetrou, Evangelia, Reiss, Lukas, Roter, Mojca, Pérez, Javier J.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main 2011
ECB
Subjects:
private sector
public sector
statistics
wage differential
wages
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19135149124919533219-The-public-sector-pay-gap-in-a.htm
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Summary:"We investigate the public-private wage differentials in ten euro area countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain). 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 the public sector 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."
Physical Description:40 p.
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