Public-private sector pay differentials in a devolved Scotland

Males

Females

Reduced     Structural

Reduced      Structural

form         form

form          form

Age 16-20

-0.149

(0.032) ^***

-0.216

(1.824)

-0.246

(0.084) ^***

0.229

(1.684)

Age 21-30

-0.035

0.009

-0.267

0.354

(0.038)

(0.663)

(0.049) ^***

(1.239)

Married

0.036

0.011

-0.054

0.167

(0.034)

(0.478)

(0.051)

(0.648)

Higher degree

0.029

0.595

-0.082

0.204

(0.069)

(1.709)

(0.111)

(1.397)

A-level

0.013

0.112

-0.095

0.564

(0.036)

(0.563)

(0.058)

(1.054)

O-level

-0.021

-0.038

-0.079

0.683

(0.038)

(0.601)

(0.057)

(1.358) ^*** (P) (BC)

Small

-0.125

-0.388

-0.230

-0.431

(0.035) ^***

(1.463) ^*** (BC)

(0.060) ^***

(1.071) ^***

Medium

-0.056

-0.555

-0.197

-0.710

(0.035)

(1.192) ^*** (BC)

(0.061) ^***

(0.902)

Opinion on union

0.253

0.380

0.225

0.047

(very important)

(0.069) ^***

(0.579) ^***

(0.091) ^**

(0.277)

Opinion on union

0.228

0.381

0.286

0.171

(important)

(0.046) ^***

(0.604)^***

(0.069) ^***

(0.223) ^***(P) (BC)

Opinion on union

-0.013

-0.074

0.177

0.103

(neutral)

(0.056)

(0.611)

(0.091) ^*

(0.264)

Job tenure

0.014

0.027

0.029

0.025

(0.006) ^**

(0.090)

(0.011) ^***

(0.155)

Job tenure sq

-0.000

-0.001

-0.001

-0.002

(0.000)

(0.004)

(0.001)

(0.007)

Professional

0.057

0.229

0.447

0.497

(0.076)

(1.087)

(0.106) ^***

(2.274)

Managerial

0.134

0.312

0.489

-0.304

(0.056) ^**

(0.772)

(0.074) ^***

(1.693)