Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51905 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5322
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the interactions between public and private sector wages per employee in OECD countries. The growth of public sector wages and of public sector employment positively affects the growth of private sector wages. Moreover, total factor productivity, the unemployment rate and the degree of urbanisation are also important determinants of private sector wage growth. With respect to public sector wage growth, we find that it is influenced by fiscal conditions in addition to private sector wages. We then set up a dynamic labour market equilibrium model with two sectors, search and matching frictions and exogenous growth to understand the interaction mechanisms. The model is quantitative consistent with the main estimation findings.
Subjects: 
public sector wages
private sector wages
employment
fiscal policy
JEL: 
E24
E62
H50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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