Wage differentials between the publicand private sectors in Chile: Evidence from longitudinal data / Lucas Navarro and Javiera Selman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Navarro, Lucas, author.

Contributor:

Selman, Javiera.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2014, no. 112, p. 89-106 2014:112<89 1684-0348

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Despite its importance, the literature on wage differentials between public- and privatesectors employees in Latin America is sparse. This article analyses the wage gap between the two sectors in Chile, based on monthly longitudinal data obtained from the Social Protection Survey (eps) for the period 2002-2009. The study takes advantage of the panel structure of the data to control for time-invariant observable and unobservable factors that determine the self-selection of workers between sectors and wages. The results show that the wage differential between workers in the public and private sectors disappears when these factors are controlled for.

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