Schooling and wage distribution for male and female employees in the public and private sector

In this paper, we investigate wage distribution in the private and public sector for both male and female employees in Turkey. We follow the human capital theory and adopt mincerian wage equations by using quantile regression to develop a more detailed picture of various factors in wage determination. The paper describes the effects of schooling on the conditional wage distribution in each sector. We investigate that wage distribution is sensitive to the choice of quantile for both public and private sector. We find that there is no considerable wage differences between male and female employees working in the same position in the public sector. Our study provides some evidences for the fact that returns to experience are higher for men than women in both public and private sector and also returns to education are higher for private sector than public sector and also that returns to education are higher for women than those for men. When looking at the results of education groups, we also find that completed university or master/doctorate degree facing higher returns to education than those for other education groups. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010