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Public and private sector jobs, unreported income and consumption gap in India : evidence from micro-data

Kar, Saibal; Roy, Poulomi; Saha, Sarani - 2012

This paper tries to document the presence of unreported income among public sector employees in India. We investigate … regression ; India …

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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor); … - 2006

factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with … growth in total factor productivity. -- entry ; productivity ; institutions ; regulations ; India ; reforms …

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International competitive strategy choices : comparing firms in China and India

Lv, Ping; Plechero, Monica; Basant, Rakesh; Liu, Xie-lin - 2012

differentiation advantages (hybrid strategies). This confirms that firms from China and India are moving to international markets not …

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Portfolio behaviour in a flow of funds model for the household sector in India

Moore, Tomoe; Green, Christopher J.; Murinde, Victor - In: The journal of development studies : JDS 41 (2005) 4, pp. 675-702

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A distributional analysis of the public-private wage differential in India

Azam, Mehtabul; Prakash, Nishith - 2010

We investigate the public-private wage differential in India using nationally representative micro data. While the …. -- quantile regression ; public-private wage differential ; India …

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Public sector pay and corruption : measuring bribery from micro data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor); … - 2006

This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...

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Are public sector workers underpaid in Russia? : estimating the public-private wage gap

Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E. (contributor); … - 2009

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 recommend alternative econometric techniques for the public-private wage gap estimation. Applying switching regression...

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Gender gaps across the earnings distribution in Britain: are women bossy enough?

Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, Karen - 2009

This paper investigates gender differences between the log wage distributions of full-time British employees in the public and private sectors. After allowing for positive selection into full-time employment by women, we find significant and substantial gender earnings gaps, and evidence of...

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Wage mobility in Israel : the effect of sectoral concentration

Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor); … - 2006

Using a unique eight-year data set, merging population census and national insurance data, the paper examines and compares patterns of wage mobility in Israel. First, the public and the private sectors are compared. Second, within each of these sectors, a distinction is made between sub-sector...

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The wage impact of trade unions in the UK public and private sectors

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2007

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premium in the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membership wage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range of individual, job...

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