Siminski, Peter (contributor) - 2008
to suggest that the public sector has an equalising effect on the wages
of its workers.
JEL classification codes: J45, J31, J38
Keywords: public sector, wages, premium, panel data, GMM, Australia …. Any errors of fact or omission are the responsibility of the author. This paper uses unit record
data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Project was
initiated … (MIAESR). The findings and views reported, however, are those of the author and should not be
attributed to either FaHCSIA or the MIAESR.
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I Introduction
The public sector accounts for 16% of total employment in Australia …