Public–private wage differentials in Tunisia: Consistency and decomposition

IF 0.7 Q4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Labour-England Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI:10.1111/labr.12270
Mohamed Amara, Wajih Khallouli, Faicel Zidi
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In this paper, we estimate and decompose the public–private wage differentials for urban areas, using the 2012 Tunisia urban youth survey. Oaxaca decomposition results suggest that, on average, public sector workers earn more than their private counterparts. Additionally, the results indicate that a substantial part of the conditional gap in urban areas can be attributed to observed characteristics. Human capital, particularly education, are the main reason behind the observed log-wage advantages. Using unconditional quantile decomposition, our findings reveal that, for urban areas, the discrimination effect becomes more pronounced at the upper quantiles of the wage distribution. Separate analyses by gender and educational levels show that male workers across both sectors receive higher compensation than their female counterparts, with a more pronounced gender gap in private sector. Less educated workers are compensated much more in the public sector than in the private sector, while the wage differential for skilled workers decreases rapidly through the distribution.

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突尼斯的公私工资差异:一致性和分解
在本文中,我们利用 2012 年突尼斯城市青年调查,估算并分解了城市地区的公私工资差异。瓦哈卡分解结果表明,平均而言,公共部门工人的收入高于私营部门工人。此外,结果表明,城市地区条件差距的很大一部分可归因于观察到的特征。人力资本,尤其是教育,是观察到的对数工资优势背后的主要原因。利用无条件量值分解法,我们的研究结果表明,对于城市地区而言,歧视效应在工资分布的高量值处变得更加明显。按性别和教育水平进行的单独分析表明,两个部门的男性工人都比女性工人获得更高的报酬,私营部门的性别差距更为明显。受教育程度较低的工人在公共部门得到的报酬远远高于私营部门,而熟练工人的工资差距则在工资分布中迅速缩小。
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期刊介绍: LABOUR provides a forum for analysis and debate on issues concerning labour economics and industrial relations. The Journal publishes high quality contributions which combine economic theory and statistical methodology in order to analyse behaviour, institutions and policies relevant to the labour market.
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