Pay differentials between public and private sector employees

Abstract

"In many countries in the past few decades the public sector has experienced a rapid increase. Are traditional differences between the private- and public-sector labour market still important? This article analyses the wage differential between the private and the public sector and compares some important aspects of the wage structure within the two sectors (e.g. gender wage discrimination, qualificational, regional and firm-size wage differentials). The study uses the first wave of the German Establishment Panel, i.e. information from personal interviews with more than 4,000 firm representatives." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Bellmann, L. & Kohaut, S. (1997): Pay differentials between public and private sector employees. An empirical analysis based on the German establishment panel. In: J. Kühl, M. Lahner & J. Wagner (Hrsg.) (1997): Die Nachfrageseite des Arbeitsmarktes : Ergebnisse aus Analysen mit deutschen Firmenpaneldaten. Referate der wissenschaftlichen Tagung des IAB am 30. September und 1. Oktober 1996 in Nürnberg (Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 204), p. 295-305.