The public-private sector wage differential in the UK: evidence from longitudinal employer-employee data

Singleton, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8247-8830 (2019) The public-private sector wage differential in the UK: evidence from longitudinal employer-employee data. Economics Letters, 174. pp. 109-113. ISSN 0165-1765 doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.11.005

Abstract/Summary

If fiscal policy exerts pressure on public services, then attention often falls on the public-private sector wage differential. Estimated with longitudinal employer-employee data for the years 2002-16 in the United Kingdom, among men there was no significant public sector wage premium. However, women received an average 4% premium compared with working in private sector firms.

Additional Information	This work was based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Dataset (Crown copyright 2017), which is funded, collected and deposited by the Office for National Statistics under secure access conditions with the UK Data Service (UKDS) (SN:6689). The use of these data does not imply endorsement of the data owner or the UKDS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the data. Comments from colleagues at The University of Edinburgh are gratefully acknowledged.
Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/80309
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.econlet.2018.11.005
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords	public sector premium, firm-specific wages, gender
Additional Information	This work was based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Dataset (Crown copyright 2017), which is funded, collected and deposited by the Office for National Statistics under secure access conditions with the UK Data Service (UKDS) (SN:6689). The use of these data does not imply endorsement of the data owner or the UKDS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the data. Comments from colleagues at The University of Edinburgh are gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher	Elsevier
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