The gender pay gap and the importance of job size: Evidence from the New Zealand public service

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• Michelle Gosse is a Senior Research Officer, Road Policing Support, New Zealand Police. The research reported in this paper was performed in her previous role as Advisor, State Services Commission. Siva Ganesh is a Senior Lecturer, IIST (Statistics), Massey University, New Zealand. Author for contact is Michelle Gosse, [email protected]. The authors thank two referees and the Editor for useful comments on earlier drafts.
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