Government wage differentials

This paper shows that public sector wages usually exceed private but the size and composition of the differentials depend on sex and level of government. Using a technique derived from the literature on sex discrimination, these differentials are decomposed into a portion attributable to differences...

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Published in:Journal of urban economics 1977-07, Vol.4 (3), p.248-271
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