Wage differentials between the public and the private sectors: evidence from an economy in transition

By Vera A. Adamchik, A. Bedi. 2000

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Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States (2002, background): “This is reinforced by the much higher public sector share of employment in the Scandinavian countries, as the variance in the earnings distribution is smaller in the public than in the private sector, cf. Pedersen et al. (1990) and Zetterberg (1990).”
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Endogenous Switching Regression Models (2004, background): “• Adamchik and Bedi (1983) use data from Poland to examine whether there are any wage differentials of workers in the public and private sectors. This paper interprets sectoral wage differentials in terms of expected benefits and the desirability of working in a particular sector. • Thorst (1977) mo”
Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data (2007, unknown): “However, a few recent studies from transition countries find the opposite result, with public sector employees receiving much lower wages than their private sector counterparts (Adamchik and Bedi (2000) in Poland, Brainerd (2002) in Russia, and Lokshin and Jovanovic (2003) in Yugoslavia).”