Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52053 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5825
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper addresses the role played by Public Sector (PS) employment across different OECD labour markets in explaining: (i) gender differences regarding choices to work in either PS or private sector, and (ii) subsequent changes in female labour market outcomes. To do so, we provide some empirical evidence about cross-country gender differences in choice of employment in the PS vs. the private sector, using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), in the light of different theories on gender behaviour in the labour market. We also analyze the main determinants of the hourly wage gaps across these two sectors for males and females separately. Finally, we document the main stylized facts about labour market transitions by male and female workers among inactivity, unemployment, working in the PS and working in the private sector.
Subjects: 
public sector employment
gender gaps
labour market transitions
JEL: 
J45
J16
J31
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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