Public sector payrolls / edited by David A. Wise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wise, David A.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research project report.

National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local officials and employees--Salaries, etc--United States--Congresses.

Local officials and employees.

Teachers--Salaries, etc--United States--Congresses.

Teachers.

United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc--Congresses.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Pay, allowances, etc--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An estimated one out of five employees in this country works for some branch of government. Because policies concerning the compensation of these employees rest on assumptions about the economic dynamics of the public sector, the issue of public sector employment is of vital importance in the analysis of the national economy. In Public Sector Payrolls, leading economists explore the independent and interdependent functioning of the public and private sectors and their effect on the economy as a whole. The volume, developed from a 1984 National Bureau of Economic Research conference, focuses on various labor issues in military and other governmental employment. Several contributors discuss compensation in the armed forces and its relationship to that in the private sector, as well as the interaction between the military and the private sector in the employment of youth. This latter is of particular interest because studies of youth employment have generally ignored the important influence of military hiring practices on labor market conditions. In other contributions, the response of wages and employment in the public sector to economic conditions is analyzed, and a detailed study of government pension plans is presented. Also included is a theoretical and empirical analysis of comparable worth in the public sector from the viewpoint of analytical labor economics. The volume concludes with a look at public school teachers' salaries in the context of current debates over improving the quality of American education. A valuable resource to policymakers, Public Sector Payrolls will be an important addition to research in the field of labor economics.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Overview

2. Military versus Civilian Pay: A Descriptive Discussion

3. Investing in the Defense Work Force: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions

4. Military Hiring and Youth Employment

5. Uncle Sam Wants You-Sometimes: Military Enlistments and the Youth Labor Market

6. Military Service and Civilian Earnings of Youths

7. Wages in the Federal and Private Sectors

8. How Do Public Sector Wages and Employment Respond to Economic Conditions?

9. Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans

10. Comparable Worth in the Public Sector

11. Academic Ability, Earnings, and the Decision to Become a Teacher: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Williamsburg, Va., Nov. 15-17, 1984.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611431181

9781281431189

1281431184

9780226903309

0226903303

OCLC:

476229005