Higher wages, lower pay : public vs. private sector compensation in Peru (English)

Do public sector employees earn less than their counterparts in the private sector? This paper addresses this question in the case of Peru, a country where civil service reform is being debated yet the only available empirical studies on wage differentials date back to the late 1980s. Using data from the 2009 national household survey, the authors perform a multiple step analysis. First, they estimate a single equation with a public sector dummy...

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Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar;

Coppola,Andrea;
Document Date
2011/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5858
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Peru,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2011/10/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Higher wages, lower pay : public vs. private sector compensation in Peru
Keywords
higher level of education

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Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar; Coppola,Andrea.

Higher wages, lower pay : public vs. private sector compensation in Peru (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5858 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/798591468294995210

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