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The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries


Raffaela Giordano


Bank of Italy

Domenico Depalo


Bank of Italy

Manuel Coutinho Pereira


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bruno Eugène


National Bank of Belgium

Evangelia Papapetrou


Bank of Greece

Javier J. Perez


Bank of Spain - Research Department

Lukas Reiss


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Mojca Roter


Bank of Slovenia

November 28, 2011

ECB Working Paper No. 1406

Abstract:     
We investigate the public-private wage differentials in ten euro area countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain). To account for differences in employment characteristics between the two sectors, we focus on micro data taken from EU-SILC. The results point to a conditional pay differential in favor of the public sector that is generally higher for women, at the low tail of the wage distribution, in the Education and the Public administration sectors rather than in the Health sector. Notable differences emerge across countries, with Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain exhibiting higher public sector premia than other countries.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 42

Keywords: wage differentials, public/private sector

JEL Classification: J310, J450, O520

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Date posted: December 15, 2011  

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Giordano, Raffaela, Depalo, Domenico, Pereira, Manuel Coutinho, Eugène, Bruno, Papapetrou, Evangelia, Perez, Javier J., Reiss, Lukas and Roter, Mojca, The Public Sector Pay Gap in a Selection of Euro Area Countries (November 28, 2011). ECB Working Paper No. 1406. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1965450

Contact Information

Raffaela Giordano (Contact Author)
Bank of Italy ( email )
Via Nazionale 91
00184 Roma
Italy
Domenico Depalo
Bank of Italy ( email )
Via Nazionale 91
00184 Roma
Italy
Manuel Coutinho Pereira
affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )
Bruno Eugène
National Bank of Belgium ( email )
Brussels, B-1000
Belgium
Evangelia Papapetrou
Bank of Greece ( email )
21 E. Venizelos Avenue
GR 102 50 Athens
Greece
Javier J. Perez
Bank of Spain - Research Department ( email )
Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain
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Lukas Reiss
affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )
Mojca Roter
Bank of Slovenia ( email )
Slovenska cesta 35
Slovenija, 1505
Slovenia
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