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Public‐ and Private‐Sector Wage Differentials in Canada Revisited
Author(s) -
Mueller Richard E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00173
Subject(s) - public sector , economic rent , wage , private sector , labour economics , payment , business , government (linguistics) , variety (cybernetics) , economics , finance , economic growth , market economy , economy , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
Using a variety of techniques, we estimate the wage premium for federal, provincial, and municipal public‐sector employees in Canada. We find that females in the public sector are paid a wage premium, with federal government workers enjoying the highest rents, followed by local and provincial public‐sector employees. Estimates for males suggest that rent payments are comparably less, but results are inconclusive.