Is the Public Sector losing the Battle for Talent? Evidence from long French Panel Data
| dc.rights.license | open | en_US |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques [BSE] | |
| dc.contributor.author | BARGAIN, Olivier | |
| dc.contributor.author | ETIENNE, Audrey | |
| dc.contributor.author | MELLY, Blaise | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-27T14:40:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-27T14:40:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-08-07 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/207875 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | Abstract We exploit an exceptionally long administrative panel dataset (1988-2019) for France to estimate the unconditional quantile effects of public sector employment, while accounting for individual fixed effects. We find that the public sector wage gap is broadly negative across the whole wage distribution after controlling for observable and unobservable heterogeneity. The public sector compresses the wage distribution, with particularly large wage penalties observed at the top. This compression effect is partly concealed by the incidental parameter bias, which we correct using a split-panel jackknife method. We document how a combination of political and business cycles aligns with the evolution of the wage gap over the 32-year period. Despite offering lower pay, the public sector attracts individuals with, on average, better observed and unobserved skills. However, this skill gap narrows significantly over time and vanishes among top earners, calling for policies to restore the attractiveness of public sector management careers. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | IdEx Bordeaux - ANR-10-IDEX-0003-02/10-IDEX-0003 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
| dc.subject.en | Public sector wage gap | |
| dc.subject.en | Unconditional quantile effects | |
| dc.subject.en | Fixed effects | |
| dc.subject.en | Incidental parameter bias | |
| dc.subject.en | Jackknife | |
| dc.subject.en | Quantile regression | |
| dc.title.en | Is the Public Sector losing the Battle for Talent? Evidence from long French Panel Data | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ej/ueaf069 | en_US |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | J - Labor and Demographic Economics::J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs::J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods::C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General::C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General | en_US |
| bordeaux.journal | The Economic Journal | en_US |
| bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Bordeaux Sciences Economiques / Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE) - UMR 6060 | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | Université de Bordeaux | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | CNRS | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | INRAE | en_US |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | en_US |
| bordeaux.inpress | non | en_US |
| bordeaux.import.source | crossref | |
| hal.popular | non | en_US |
| hal.audience | Internationale | en_US |
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| workflow.import.source | crossref | |
| dc.rights.cc | Pas de Licence CC | en_US |
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