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Sex and Location Differences in Wages in the Australian Public Service

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An empirical investigation of wage determination in the Australian Public Service (APS) over the 1970s is undertaken, revealing that persons employed in Canberra, and males generally, experienced salary advantages. The technique employed controls for education and length of time in both the labor fo rce and the APS, and analyzes the same group of workers in 1969, 1974, and 1979. The location result did not vary substantially over the decade, but the female disadvantage was somewhat reduced from 1969 to 1974. It is demonstrated theoretically that the use of the variable length of time in the labor force biases upwards the estimate of the male salary advantage, but a test of the proposition sho ws that measurement error of this type does not markedly affect conclusions. Copyright 1985 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd/University of Adelaide and Flinders University of South Australia

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  • Chapman, Bruce J, 1985. "Sex and Location Differences in Wages in the Australian Public Service," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(45), pages 296-309, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausecp:v:24:y:1985:i:45:p:296-309
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    1. Jeff Borland & Anthony Suen, 1994. "The Experience‐Earnings Profile in Australia," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 70(208), pages 44-55, March.
    2. Sarah Rummery, 1992. "The Contribution of Intermittent Labour Force Participation to the Gender Wage Differential," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 68(4), pages 351-364, December.

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