Union Wage Differentials in the Public and Private Sectors: A Simultaneous Equations Specification

Robinson, Chris; Tomes, Nigel

doi:10.1086/298025

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“…Workers in public administration gain about 4 percent from joining a union, whereas workers outside this sector gain about 12 percent. This is consistent with the results reported by Simpson (1985) and Robinson and Tomes (1984), which both reported a larger union-nonunion wage differential in the private sector compared to the public sector. Blue-collar workers receive a larger union-nonunion wage differential than white-collar workers (12.5 percent versus 8.9 percent).…”

Section: Union Effect For Selected Groups In the Labour Marketsupporting

confidence: 92%

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Unions, Wages and Total Compensation in Canada

Renaud¹

1998

Relations industrielles

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Section: Union Effect For Selected Groups In the Labour Marketsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…This result is similar to those reported by Green (1991), Swidinsky and Kupferschmidt (1991), and Robinson and Tomes (1984). Wages increase with tenure, but at a decreasing rate.…”

Section: Control Variablessupporting

confidence: 91%

Unions, Wages and Total Compensation in Canada

Renaud¹

1998

Relations industrielles

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“…With this model Lee (1978) analyses wage mechanisms between union and non-union sectors; Trost (1977) analyses the difference in expenditure behavior of home owners and renters. Robinson and Tomes (1984) examine the wage differential between public and non-public sectors. With regard to multi-choice models, Hay (1980) analyses the occupation choice decision, Dong and Bowels (2002) review the wage mechanisms for different kinds of firms, but due paucity of data, they confine their research to two types of firms in using Heckman's two stage model.…”

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Human Capital and Wage Determination in Different Ownerships, 1989–97

Xing¹

2008

Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China

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This article evaluates the Chinese labour market by examining the role of human capital in wage determination. Using data from China's Household Nutrition Survey, we estimate the returns to education in state-owned, collective-owned and private sectors. In the private sectors, the returns to education increase from 0-2 per cent in the late 1980s and early 1990s to about 4 per cent in 1997, while those of public sectors do not increase. This suggests that the labour market is segmented and human capital is more explicitly rewarded in the private sector. We correct for self-selection error using switching model, but the main results remain unchanged.

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“…For example, see Blau and Ferber (1991), Groshen (1991), Light and Ureta (1990), Paglin and Rufolo (1990), Orazem, Mattila, and Yu (1990), Sorenson (1989), Gronau (1988), Gyourko and Tracy (1988), Lindsay and Maloney (1988), Blau and Belier (1988), Robinson and Tomes (1984), Baugh and Stone (1982), Duncan and Leigh (1980), Corcoran and Duncan (1979), Smith (1976Smith ( , 1977, Polachek (1975), Blineder (1973), and Oaxaca (1973. 2.…”

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The existence of gender‐specific promotion standards in the U.S.

Gjerde

2002

Manage Decis Econ

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This paper is motivated by the claim that promotion probabilities are lower for women than men. Using data from the 1984 and 1989 National Longitudinal Youth Surveys, this paper tests this claim and two related hypotheses concerning training and ability. It is found that females are less likely to be promoted than males, and females receive less training than males. The relationship between promotion and gender varies across occupations, however, suggesting that the alleged glass ceiling faced by women and other minorities in the workplace is not uniform across all labor markets. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Union Wage Differentials in the Public and Private Sectors: A Simultaneous Equations Specification

Cited by 96 publications

References 15 publications

Unions, Wages and Total Compensation in Canada

Unions, Wages and Total Compensation in Canada

Human Capital and Wage Determination in Different Ownerships, 1989–97

The existence of gender‐specific promotion standards in the U.S.

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