The Public-Private Sector Wage Differential in the UK: Evidence from Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data
10 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last revised: 29 May 2019
Date Written: October 1, 2018
Abstract
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.
Keywords: public sector premium, firm-specific wages, gender
JEL Classification: J31, J38, J45
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Singleton, Carl, The Public-Private Sector Wage Differential in the UK: Evidence from Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data (October 1, 2018). Economics Letters, Vol. 174, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3208202 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3208202
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