Public–Private Sector Wage Differentials in Australia

Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas; Richardson, Sue; Zhu, Rong

doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12334

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“…Whilst there is a relatively large body of work examining public–private wage differentials in Australia, there is, as yet, no study examining public–private wage differentials by sexual orientation. The most recent contribution to the literature on public–private wage differentials in Australia is that of Mahuteau et al (2017). Using HILDA data from 2001–2014, they show that the public sector pays higher wages, ceteris paribus .…”

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Sexual orientation and wage discrimination: evidence from Australia

Preston

Birch

Timming

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the wage effects associated with sexual orientation and to examine whether the wage gap has improved following recent institutional changes which favour sexual minorities. Design/methodology/approach Ordinary least squares and quantile regressions are estimated using Australian data for 2010–2012 and 2015–2017, with the analysis disaggregated by sector of employment. Blinder–Oaxaca decompositions are used to quantify unexplained wage gaps. Findings Relative to heterosexual men, in 2015–2017 gay men in the public and private sectors had wages which were equivalent to heterosexual men at all points in the wage distribution. In the private sector: highly skilled lesbians experienced a wage penalty of 13 per cent; low-skilled bisexual women faced a penalty of 11 per cent, as did bisexual men at the median (8 per cent penalty). In the public sector low-skilled lesbians and low-skilled bisexual women significant experienced wage premiums. Between 2010–2012 and 2015–2017 the pay position of highly skilled gay men has significantly improved with the convergence driven by favourable wage (rather than composition) effects. Practical implications The results provide important benchmarks against which the treatment of sexual minorities may be monitored. Originality/value The analysis of the sexual minority wage gaps by sector and position on the wage distribution and insight into the effect of institutions on the wages of sexual minorities.

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Sexual orientation and wage discrimination: evidence from Australia

Preston

Birch

Timming

2019

IJM

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“…A common finding is that sectoral earnings differentials either get smaller or disappear in these countries when unobservable worker characteristics are controlled for with FE estimation exploiting the panel feature of the data. Mahuteau et al (2017) for Australia address the public versus private wage differential employing panel data with a FE model both at the mean and across the wage distribution. None of these studies addressed the issue of sector of employment selection as we consider in this paper.…”

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“…al. (2015) in Egypt, Nguyen et al (2013) in Vietnam, Bargain and Kwenda (2014) in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa and Mahuteau et al (2017) in Australia adopt a fixed effect model estimation with QR technique (FEQR).…”

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“…They find a public sector premium which also varies along the wage distribution after accounting for characteristics and endogenous selection. Mahuteau et al (2017) examine the case in Australia using a panel data quantile regression with fixed effects controlling for observable and un-observable factors. They find a public sector premium which is slightly higher for females than for males.…”

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Public Versus Private Sector Wage Gap in Egypt: Evidence From Quantile Regression on Panel Data

2018

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This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during 1998-2012 using Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey. We estimate the publicprivate sector wage gap with Mincer wage equations both at the mean and at different quantiles of the wage distribution. In this process we take into account observable and unobservable characteristics of the individuals using the panel feature of the data with a fixed effects model. We address sector of employment selection issue for both males and females. We find that there is very little evidence of sample selection in our data. Therefore, we present both the selection corrected results and the results with no selection correction. We find a persistent public sector wage penalty for males and public sector wage premium for females in the face of extensive sensitivity checks. They are larger when unobserved heterogeneity is taken into account for males but insignificant for females. They are similar across the quantiles for males but, smaller at the top than at the bottom of the conditional wage distribution for females. We further examine the public sector wage gap over time and in different sub-groups according to age and education. The public sector wage penalty for males has decreased recently over time and is larger for the better educated and younger. We also find substantial regional differences in public sector wage gap for males. JEL: C21, C23, J16, J31, J45

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“…In general, the wage gap favours the public sector, especially at the lower end of the wage distribution. There is evidence of this pattern in Zambia (Nielsen & Rosholm, 2001), Pakistan (Hyder & Reilly, 2005), France, Great Britain and Italy (Lucifora & Meurs, 2006), Ireland (Kelly, McGuinness, & O'Connell, 2009), Spain (Rahona-López, Murillo-Huertas, & Salinas-Jiménez, 2016), and Australia (Mahuteau, Mavromaras, Richardson, & Zhu, 2017).…”

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Decomposing public-private teachers’ wage gap: evidence from Brazil

Barcellos¹,

Hirata²

2021

Brazilian Review of Econometrics

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A two-stage wage gap decomposition permits measuring the contribution of observableand unobservable characteristics of the wage gap formation and evolution comparingteachers’ earnings in the public and private sectors from 2006 to 2017. Teachers fromthe public sector earn more than the ones from the private sector at mean, median, andquantile 10 due to the composition effect. The analysis across levels of education showsthat the composition effect is important in explaining the wage gap in early childhoodeducation while the structure effect is more relevant to the wage gap decomposition inprimary and high school education.

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Public–Private Sector Wage Differentials in Australia

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

Sexual orientation and wage discrimination: evidence from Australia

Sexual orientation and wage discrimination: evidence from Australia

Public Versus Private Sector Wage Gap in Egypt: Evidence From Quantile Regression on Panel Data

Decomposing public-private teachers’ wage gap: evidence from Brazil

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