Public Service Employment and the Public– Private Wage Differential in British Regions

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ID10404366
AuthorsAndrew Henley (0000-0001-9359-2882, University of Wales, corresponding author), Dennis Thomas (0000-0003-4182-6821, University of Wales)
Year2001
Volume35
Issue3
Pages229-240
Publication date2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00343400120039632
OpenAlexW2155560911
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited7

Successive forms of regional policy in the UK have sought to support the maintenance and creation of public sector employment opportunities in relatively disadvantaged regions. Nationally negotiated public sector pay rates mean that the private-public pay gap is likely to be wider in lower demand regions. This will be reinforced by the relative absence of private sector employment crowding-out in such higher unemployment regions. This paper investigates the association between private and public sector service employment using panel data for British regions, and estimates regional public-private wage differentials using British Household Panel Survey data for 1991 to 1996. Across Britain, private sector employment growth is weakly positively associated with higher public service employment growth, but the association is stronger in Scotland and the North of England. The pattern of regional wage differentials found is consistent with lower crowding-out in higher unemployment regions. This suggests that reg

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