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Are Low-Skill Public Sector Workers Really Overpaid? A Quasi-Differenced Panel Data Analysis, Peter Siminski Jan 2013

Are Low-Skill Public Sector Workers Really Overpaid? A Quasi-Differenced Panel Data Analysis, Peter Siminski

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Public–private sectoral wage differentials have been studied extensively using quantile regression techniques. These typically find large public sector premiums at the bottom of the wage distribution. This may imply that low skill workers are ‘overpaid’, prompting concerns over efficiency. We note several other potential explanations for this result and explicitly test whether the premium varies with skill, using Australian data. We use a quasi-differenced Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) panel data model which has not been previously applied to this topic, internationally. Unlike other available methods, this technique identifies sectoral differences in returns to unobserved skill. It also facilitates a …


Trade Liberalisation, Labour Productivity Growth And Skilled Labour Complement: Evidence From The Thai Manufacturing Sector, Piyapong Sangkaew, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran Jan 2013

Trade Liberalisation, Labour Productivity Growth And Skilled Labour Complement: Evidence From The Thai Manufacturing Sector, Piyapong Sangkaew, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

Trade liberalisation in Thailand raised two wider questions regarding the labour market-one with regards to the link with labour productivity and the other the link with skilled workers. This outcome provides a link between (1) trade liberalisation and labour productivity growth, and, (2) skilled employment and labour productivity growth. Trade liberalisation is also correlated with skilled employment. This type of evidence matches conventional explanations for the beneficial allocation of trade liberalisation and demanding skills training for potential future industrial growth.


Development Of A Market Orientation Research Agenda For The Nonprofit Sector, Paul Chad, Elias Kyriazis, Judy M. Motion Jan 2013

Development Of A Market Orientation Research Agenda For The Nonprofit Sector, Paul Chad, Elias Kyriazis, Judy M. Motion

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

Market orientation is the overarching framework by which practitioners and academics make sense of the interplay between customers, competition, stakeholders, and the organization within the commercial for-profit arena and is the way the marketing concept is put into practice. Many academics have argued that market orientation would also benefit nonprofit organizations by generating more funds in an increasingly competitive environment. The purpose of this article is to conduct a systematic review of market orientation, identify gaps, and develop a research agenda for market orientation research within the underresearched nonprofit sector. This research agenda highlights the structural, human resource, and cultural …