Naslov
The Determinants of Wages in Croatia: Evidence from Earnings Regressions

Autori
Nestić, Danijel

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings / 65th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Economics / Lovrinčević, Željko ; Mervar, Andrea ; Mihaljek, Dubravko ; Nušinović, Mustafa ; Radas, Sonja ; Starc, Nenad ; Švaljek, Sandra ; Teodorović, Ivan - Zagreb : Ekonomski institut Zagreb, 2005

Skup
Ekonomski institut. Godišnja konferencija

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 18.11.2004. - 19.11.2004

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
returns to education; public sector wage premium; quanitile regression; Croatia

Sažetak
The paper explores the determinants of wages in Croatia by using individual record data from the Labor Force Survey for the second half of 2003. Both ordinary least squares and quantile regression estimates of the returns to education, experience and gender are presented. The paper also presents occupation and regional effects on remuneration differentials. Special attention is given to the public-private sector wage gap and its variation across the wage distribution. The study finds that the average public sector wage premium is around 9%. Relatively low-paid workers benefit more from working in the public sector than high-paid workers do. The premium decreases with the education level. Conditional wages of the employees in education sector show that they are the worst positioned among public sector industries. Variance decomposition reveals education and occupation as two major observable causes of wage differentials in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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