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Are Public Servants Underpaid in Russia? Estimating the Public-Private Wage Gap
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2006-6-81-106
Abstract
The paper starts with discussing institutional framework for public sector wage setting in Russia. Given that individual choice of the sector is endogenous to wages, the authors propose alternative econometric techniques for the public-private wage gap estimation. Applying switching regression and propensity score matching techniques that allow correcting for non-random sector selection, the paper provides wage gap estimates for various demographic, occupational, and territorial population subgroups. As is shown, there is significant cross-group variation in the wage gap. The paper concludes that to eliminate the negative gap wages in the public sector should be linked to the private sector wages at the regional level.
About the Authors
V. Gimpelson
State University - Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. Lukyanova
State University - Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Gimpelson V., Lukyanova A. Are Public Servants Underpaid in Russia? Estimating the Public-Private Wage Gap. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2006;(6):81-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2006-6-81-106
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