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An Empirical Investigation On The Public-Private Sector Wage Gap In Albania, Esmerelda Shehaj
An Empirical Investigation On The Public-Private Sector Wage Gap In Albania, Esmerelda Shehaj
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This study aims to empirically investigate the public-private wage differentials in Albania. The public/private pay differential in these countries is certainly an interesting issue to study given that the country has undergone in-depth restructuring of the economy, which requires understanding in particular the role of the public and private sector. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt in empirically investigating the factors determining the public-private wage gap in the country. Using nationally representative data from the Albanian Living Standard Measurement Survey 2012, the double selection methodology in Heitmueller (2006) is employed in order to model the …