TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Adam
TI  - Public-private sector wage differentials in Scotland: an endogenous switching model
T2  - Jacas  Ocassional Paper n° 4. JCAS-IEP
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Bonn [Alemania]
PB  - IZA
KW  - OBRAS ANTERIORES A 1850
KW  - ESTABILIDAD LABORAL
KW  - RELACIONES LABORALES
KW  - SEGURIDAD LABORAL
KW  - SECTOR PÚBLICO PRIVADO
KW  - PRINCIPIO DE LEGALIDAD
KW  - REINO UNIDO DE GRAN BRETAÑA
KW  - ALEMANIA
N1  - Introduction -- Data -- Econometric framework -- Estimation Results -- Conclusion and implications
N2  - The public-private sector wage gap in Scotland in 2000 is analysed using the extension sample of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Employing an endogenous switching model, and testing for double sample selection from the participation decision and sector choice, the unadjusted wage gap is shown to be 10 per cent for males and 24 per cent for females. For males this is mainly due to differences in productive characteristics and selectivity. For females the picture is more ambiguous. Findings also suggest that there exists a substantial wage premium for male private sector employees. While there is no evidence of a sample selection bias for females, the sector choice of males is systematically correlated with unobservables. Furthermore, the structural switching regression indicates that expected wage differentials between sectors are an important driving force for sectoral assignment
UR  - http://ftp.iza.org/dp992.pdf
ER  -