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The most recent published analysis by the IFS of the pay differential between the public and private sector, controlling for differences in the composition of the workforce, was contained in the February 2013 Green Budget (Crawford, Cribb and Sibieta 2013). This brief note updates that analysis of the public sector pay differential using the latest figures.
Authors
Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Research Associate University of Sussex
Richard is an IFS Research Associate, a Part-time Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Visiting Professor of Economics at UCL.
Research Fellow
Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.
Associate Director
Jonathan is an Associate Director and Head of Retirement, Savings and Ageing sector, focusing on pensions, savings and later-life economic activity.
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- IFS
Suggested citation
Cribb, J et al. (2013). The public-private sector pay differential in the UK. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/public-private-sector-pay-differential-uk (accessed: 24 April 2024).
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