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The public sector pay premium and compensating differentials in the New Zealand labour market

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In this note, propensity score matching (PSM) methods are applied to data from the 2005 International Social Survey Program Work Orientations (ISSP-WO) survey to examine the public sector pay premium in New Zealand. Taking account of a wide range of worker characteristics and attitudes, job attributes, and the effects that jobs have on workers and their family life, there appears to be a pay premium from working in the public sector of 17 to 21 percent.

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Gibson, J. (2007). The public sector pay premium and compensating differentials in the New Zealand labour market. (Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Number 20/07). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato.

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Department of Economics Working Paper Series

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2007-10

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compensating differentials, propensity score matching, public sector

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