PUBLIC SECTOR PAY AND REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS. A FIRST LOOK AT REGIONAL PUBLIC?PRIVATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN ITALY

Public - private sector wage differentials around the world : Methods

My intention, in this (rather unambitiously titled) paper, is to present a brief overview of work on the rationale and evidence for the existence of pay premia or penalties associated with working in the public sector. Many studies have found evidence of such premia or penalties (and mostly the former, especially for women) using econometric methods that are not dissimilar to those utilised in ...

Regional Competitiveness Exploring Regional Specializations in Turkey’s Manufacturing Industry

The focus of the study is to explore regional specializations by focusing on regional key industries in Turkey. Turkey has seven geographical regions which are typically different with respect to economic development. The paper aims to identify key industries in each region which could further be explored to specify regional industry clusters. Clusters are interconnected enterprises and institu...

Regional Integration and Wage Inequality

There is little disagreement among most economists that countries benefit from trade liberalization. Yet, whether unilateral, multilateral (through the World Trade Organization) or through regional integration agreements (RIAs), trade liberalization has been one of the most controversial economic issues of our time. It is the focus of everyone from politicians to union leaders and anti-globaliz...

Public Sector Pay Premium and Compensating Differentials in the New Zealand Labour Market

In this article, propensity score matching (PSM) methods are applied to data from the 2005 International Social Survey Program Work Orientations (ISSP-WO) survey to examine the public sector pay premium in New Zealand. Taking account of a wide range of worker characteristics and attitudes, job attributes, and the effects that jobs have on workers and their family life, there appears to be a pay...

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