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Public Sector Labor Markets / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Joshua L. Schwarz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1179.
- NBER working paper series no. w1179
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1983.
- Summary:
- This paper provides a critical survey of the literature dealing with public sector labor markets. It discusses the research by economists on wage determination in the state and local sector (including the effects of unions), on the estimation of compensating wage differentials for pecuniary and nonpecuniary job characteristics, on the effects of unions on productivity, on the estimation of public/private pay differentials, and on gender and race discrimination in the public sector. Numerous suggestions for future research are offered.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 1983.
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