Co-movements between public and private wages in the EU: what factors and with what policy implications?

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 6 List of variables

Variable	Definition	Source
Nominal compensations per employee in the general government	Calculated as the ratio of government final wage consumption expenditures (CGW) to government employment (EG)	OECD Economic Outlook
Real compensations per employee in the general government	Deflated by the price deflator of GDP at market prices	AMECO
Nominal compensations per employee in the manufacturing sector	Calculated as the ratio of total compensations of employees to total employees in the manufacturing industry	Eurostat
Real compensations per employee in the manufacturing sector	Deflated by price deflator of gross value added in the manufacturing industry	AMECO
Productivity	Gross value added at 2005 prices per person employed	Eurostat
Consumer price index	National consumer price index for all items	AMECO
Unemployment rate	Standardized unemployment rate	Eurostat
Government sector size	Ratio of general government to total employment	OECD Economic Outlook