Public-private sector wage differentials in Germany: Evidence from quantile regression

Empirical Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 505-520

  Melly, Blaise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Germany; Public private wage differential; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 24044507615     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-005-0251-y     Document Type: Article

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