A Detailed Decomposition Analysis of the Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in South Africa
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Keywords
public sector; wage gap; recentered influence function; decomposition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GER-2015-08-30 (German Papers)
- NEP-LMA-2015-08-30 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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