Employment sector and pay gaps. Genetic and environmental influences.

Autor/in	Maczulskij, Terhi
Titel	Employment sector and pay gaps. Genetic and environmental influences.
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2013) 23, S. 89-96 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.009
Schlagwörter	Demografischer Faktor; Sozialer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Einkommensunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Staatlicher Sektor; Privatwirtschaft; Arbeitsplatzwahl; Öffentlicher Dienst; Finnland
Abstract	"This paper uses data on Finnish twins to examine two questions regarding public sector labour markets. First, what are the genetic and environmental contributions to being a public sector employee, and second, are there wage gaps between public and private sector employees. The results indicate that 34 to 40% of the observed variance in the tendency to be a public sector employee can be attributed to genetic factors, with no influence of the shared environment. Furthermore, at least one-third of the genetic variance is mediated through educational attainment. The results from the wage gap analysis suggest that OLS estimates are downward biased. In fact, while OLS estimates indicate a negative wage gap for both males (seven per cent) and females (four per cent), the within-twin estimates do not indicate any inequalities with respect to pay offered by the two sectors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/1