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Understanding What Has Been Happening to the Public‐Sector Pay Premium in Great Britain: A Distributional Approach Based on the Labour Force Survey

Phil Murphy, David Blackaby, Nigel O'Leary Orcid Logo, Anita Staneva

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 273 - 300

Swansea University Authors: Phil Murphy, David Blackaby, Nigel O'Leary Orcid Logo

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This paper investigates what has been happening to the public sector wage differential in GB over the period 1994 to 2017. The evidence indicates that apart from men in the lower part of the pay distribution the public sector pay premium has declined for all public sector workers. This decline has c...

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ISSN: 0007-1080 1467-8543
Published: 2020
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