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Public sector and business sector earnings: a comparison

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  • J.-Y. FOURNIER

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We compare public sector wages with private firm ones in 2000, without taking into account for work intensity, job security, advantages&The comparison is made in controlling for age, sex, qualification and residence. We find evidence that public sector provides higher wages to women, to unskilled or persons with low degrees, and in the provinces. Women get higher wages in public sector, except those with high degrees in Paris. Men with high degrees get higher wages in firms, the difference is larger in Paris in comparison with the provinces. Wages dispersion is larger in private firms. For the last ten years, relative situation of public sector employees has been improved from 7 to 11 points.

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  • J.-Y. Fournier, 2001. "Public sector and business sector earnings: a comparison," Documents de Travail de l'Insee - INSEE Working Papers g2001-11, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques.
    • Handle: RePEc:nse:doctra:g2001-11
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    Keywords

    wages; public sector;

    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • 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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