Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil

This paper uses a rotating panel of households to analyze wage differentials between public and private sectors in Brazil. Focusing on the transition of individuals between jobs available in the public and private sectors and controlling for individual time invariant characteristics, we find evidenc...

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Main Authors: Daulins Emilio, Vladimir Ponczek, Fernando Botelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572012000100005&lng=en&tlng=en
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description This paper uses a rotating panel of households to analyze wage differentials between public and private sectors in Brazil. Focusing on the transition of individuals between jobs available in the public and private sectors and controlling for individual time invariant characteristics, we find evidence of small wage differentials in favor of the public sector.
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spelling doaj.art-1192c4df858048cf958d0d1fd380afce2022-12-21T21:49:25ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382012-03-01321728610.1590/S0101-31572012000100005S0101-31572012000100005Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in BrazilDaulins Emilio0Vladimir Ponczek1Fernando Botelho2Boston UniversityFundação Getúlio VargasFundação Instituto de Pesquisas EconômicaThis paper uses a rotating panel of households to analyze wage differentials between public and private sectors in Brazil. Focusing on the transition of individuals between jobs available in the public and private sectors and controlling for individual time invariant characteristics, we find evidence of small wage differentials in favor of the public sector.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572012000100005&lng=en&tlng=enwage differentialspublic sectorlabor markets
spellingShingle Daulins Emilio
Vladimir Ponczek
Fernando Botelho
Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
wage differentials
public sector
labor markets
title Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
title_full Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
title_fullStr Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
title_short Evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in Brazil
title_sort evaluating the wage differential between public and private sectors in brazil
topic wage differentials
public sector
labor markets
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572012000100005&lng=en&tlng=en
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