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Premio salarial en el sector público: evolución en el período 1990-2017

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  • Adolfo Fuentes

    (Centro de Estudios Públicos)

  • Rodrigo Vergara

    (Centro de Estudios Públicos)

Abstract

Este artículo estima el premio salarial del sector público para el período 1990-2017, utilizando los datos de la encuesta Casen. Se entiende el premio salarial como la diferencia entre el salario del sector privado y público que no es explicado por observables de los trabajadores en ambos sectores. Los resultados muestran que dicho premio ha aumentado de 1,5 por ciento en 1990 a 20 por ciento en 2017. Esto es, en la actualidad un empleado del sector público gana un 20 por ciento más que uno del sector privado con similares características observables. La descomposición de Blinder-Oaxaca arroja que el premio pasó de representar un 5 por ciento de la diferencia salarial entre ambos sectores en 1990 (el otro 95 por ciento se explicaba por observables) a un 48 por ciento en 2017. Las estimaciones a nivel de percentiles indican que en la década de 1990 los mayores premios eran para los ingresos más bajos, mientras que en la actualidad los premios son similares para los distintos niveles de ingreso. Se oberva también que la política salarial del sector público tiende a dar un mayor incentivo a las mujeres y a personas con estudios técnicos y universitarios, sin importar su edad. Para verificar la robustez de los resultados se hacen comparaciones con estimaciones basadas en la Encuesta Suplementaria de Ingresos del INE para el período 2010-2017.

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  • Adolfo Fuentes & Rodrigo Vergara, 2018. "Premio salarial en el sector público: evolución en el período 1990-2017," Estudios Públicos, Centro de Estudios Públicos, vol. 0(152), pages 7-45.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpt:journl:v::y:2018:i:152:p:7-45
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    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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