Comparisons Between Public and Private Sector Union Wage Differentials: Does the Legal Environment Matter?

Wage Differentials in Malaysia: Public Employment, Gender, and Ethnicity

Asian Economic Papers ◽

10.1162/asep_a_00840 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Robert L. Clark ◽

Naohiro Ogawa ◽

Norma Mansor ◽

Shigeyuki Abe ◽

Mohd Uzir Mahidin

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Wage Differentials ◽

Public Employees ◽

Public Employment ◽

Earnings Differentials ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

Public And Private Sector ◽

Annual Earnings

Abstract The study examines the earnings differentials between the public and private sector in the Malaysian economy in terms of the moderations of the gender and ethnic wage differences in the public sector. The study uses the annual earnings from the Salaries and Wages Survey for 2011 and 2016. The key findings are that public employees are paid higher wages compared with private sector employees and the overall gender and ethnic wage differentials have declined in recent years. We also find that both gender and ethnic wage differentials are much smaller in the public sector.

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Public and Private Sector Wage Differentials in Greece

International Journal of Manpower ◽

10.1108/01437729110143926 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 9-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

K. Kioulafas ◽

G. Donatos ◽

G. Michailidis

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Wage Differentials ◽

Public And Private ◽

Public And Private Sector

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Wage Differentials Between The Public And The Private Sector: How Comparable Are The Workers?

Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) ◽

10.19030/jber.v4i5.2664 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi ◽

Don Bellante

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Wage Differentials ◽

Font Size ◽

Matching Method ◽

Step Method ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

Normal Text ◽

State And Local ◽

Public And Private Sector

<p class="Normal1" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This paper’s purpose is to examine the importance of controlling for the comparability of the units in a sample when examining wage differentials of various types. We use U.S. CPS data for the period 1992-2000 to compare estimated wage differentials between public and private sector workers obtained using two different methodologies: Lee’s two-step method that controls for the selection bias resulting from the non-randomness of the sample, and the propensity score matching method that controls also for the comparability of the workers. Lee’s method suggests that federal workers are paid a premium, while state and local workers are underpaid compared to private sector workers. However the matching method indicates that this data is too heterogeneous to be used to compare wages across sectors. We conclude that, when the outcome under study is not only affected by some sort of selection but also requires comparable groups, the traditional methodology may not be enough. </span></p>

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