The public-private sector wage gap in Zambia in the 1990s: A quantile regression approach

Empirical Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 169-182

  Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^a   Rosholm, Michael ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Public private wage differential; Quantile regression; Zambia

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0141684651     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810000051     Document Type: Article

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