Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti
Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors? The authors estimate private and public sector wage earnings using 1996 household survey data, while controlling for selectivity using Heckman's two stage approach. They find...
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okr-10986-86602021-04-23T14:02:40Z Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti Anós Casero, Paloma Seshan, Ganesh ABSENTEEISM AVERAGE WAGES EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSION EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EMPLOYEE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FISCAL DEFICITS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH WAGES HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER RETURNS TO EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALE COUNTERPART MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL MINIMUM WAGE NORTH AFRICA OCCUPATION PREVIOUS WAGE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE RETURNS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WAGES PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PROBIT EQUATIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS PUBLIC WAGE PUBLIC WORKERS RATES OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYED SERVANTS TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVELS WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WITH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors? The authors estimate private and public sector wage earnings using 1996 household survey data, while controlling for selectivity using Heckman's two stage approach. They find that Djiboutian public sector employees earn a wage premium, independent of their personal attributes and human capital endowments, and are more likely to be males and have parents in the public sector. Workers in the public sector earn higher private rates of return to education than do private sector workers with post-secondary schooling. These results raise concerns about current government hiring and wage-setting practices that generate distortions in the labor market and are not efficiently allocating labor and public resources. 2012-06-21T17:11:13Z 2012-06-21T17:11:13Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6783639/public-private-sector-wage-differentials-returns-education-djibouti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8660 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3923 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Djibouti |
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ABSENTEEISM AVERAGE WAGES EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSION EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EMPLOYEE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FISCAL DEFICITS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH WAGES HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER RETURNS TO EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALE COUNTERPART MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL MINIMUM WAGE NORTH AFRICA OCCUPATION PREVIOUS WAGE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE RETURNS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WAGES PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PROBIT EQUATIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS PUBLIC WAGE PUBLIC WORKERS RATES OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYED SERVANTS TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVELS WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WITH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION |
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ABSENTEEISM AVERAGE WAGES EARNING EARNINGS REGRESSION EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION ATTAINMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION LEVELS EMPLOYEE FINDING EMPLOYMENT FISCAL DEFICITS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL SCHOOLING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH WAGES HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HIGHER RETURNS TO EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALE COUNTERPART MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE WORKERS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL MINIMUM WAGE NORTH AFRICA OCCUPATION PREVIOUS WAGE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE RETURNS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WAGES PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PROBIT EQUATIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS PUBLIC WAGE PUBLIC WORKERS RATES OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN TO EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF EMPLOYED SERVANTS TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVELS WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WITH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Anós Casero, Paloma Seshan, Ganesh Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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Middle East and North Africa Djibouti |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3923 |
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Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors? The authors estimate private and public sector wage earnings using 1996 household survey data, while controlling for selectivity using Heckman's two stage approach. They find that Djiboutian public sector employees earn a wage premium, independent of their personal attributes and human capital endowments, and are more likely to be males and have parents in the public sector. Workers in the public sector earn higher private rates of return to education than do private sector workers with post-secondary schooling. These results raise concerns about current government hiring and wage-setting practices that generate distortions in the labor market and are not efficiently allocating labor and public resources. |
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Anós Casero, Paloma Seshan, Ganesh |
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Anós Casero, Paloma Seshan, Ganesh |
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Anós Casero, Paloma |
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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials and Returns to Education in Djibouti |
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public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in djibouti |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6783639/public-private-sector-wage-differentials-returns-education-djibouti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8660 |
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