Table 7 Basic decomposition results of wage gap between public and private sector
From: Union membership and the wage gap between the public and private sectors: evidence from China
| Â | (1) | (2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Endowment (a) | Price (b) | Endowment (c) | Price (d) |
Value: Total wage gap = 0.239 | 0.230 | 0.009 | 0.189 | 0.050 |
Contribution rate (%) | ||||
 Total | 96.0% | 4.0% | 78.7% | 21.3% |
Each factor | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Union | 7.4% | − 1.3% | 10.8% | − 4.7% |
 Education | 79.0% | 139.8% | 41.8% | 177.0% |
 Experience | 1.1% | 93.3% | − 0.6% | 94.9% |
 Health | − 0.2% | − 2.8% | − 0.6% | − 2.5% |
 Gender | 1.6% | 35.9% | 4.4% | 33.1% |
 Ethnicity | − 0.1% | 3.3% | − 0.1% | 3.2% |
 Married | − 1.9% | − 34.0% | 0.5% | − 36.4% |
 Party | 5.5% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 7.1% |
 Occupation | 8.6% | − 34.7% | 28.8% | − 54.8% |
 Industry | − 1.1% | 31.2% | − 4.9% | 35.0% |
 Region | − 14.3% | 0.9% | − 14.5% | 1.1% |
 Year | 10.4% | 15.8% | 12.8% | 13.5% |
 Constant | 0.0% | − 245.3% | 0.0% | − 245.3% |