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Earning of Public Sector and Private Sector Employees in Australia: Is There a Difference?

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Borland, J.
Hirschberg, J.
Lyse, J.

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This study examines differences in average weekly earnings between public sector and private sector employees in Australia. It is founded that - in aggregate and for most one-digit occupation groups - male and female public sector employees have significantly higher evarage weekly earnings than private sector employees.

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Paper provided by The University of Melbourne in its series Department of Economics - Working Papers Series with number 514.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORKERS; WAGES;

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J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
J39 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Other
J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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  1. Disney, Richard F & Gosling, Amanda, 2003. "A New Method for Estimating Public Sector Pay Premia: Evidence from Britain in the 1990's," CEPR Discussion Papers 3787, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Richard Disney & Amanda Gosling, 2008. "Changing public sector wage differentials in the UK," IFS Working Papers W08/02, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]
  3. J.G. Hirschberg & D.J. Slottje, 2003. "Bounding Estimates of Wage Discrimination," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 879, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Lixin Cai & Amy Y.C. Liu, 2008. "Public-Private Wage Gap in Australia: Variation Along the Distribution," CEPR Discussion Papers 581, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. [Downloadable!]
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