Public-private sector pay differentials in a devolved Scotland

Journal of Applied Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-323

  Heitmueller, Axel ^a,b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Double sample selection; Switching model; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547340703     PISSN: 15140326     EISSN: 16676726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2006.12040649     Document Type: Article

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