Pay, Productivity, and the Public Sector
The Case of Electrical Engineers
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6294686 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Laura Langbein (0000-0003-3899-1543, American University), L I Langbein, Gregory B Lewis (0000-0003-2691-6888, American University) |
| Año | 1998 |
| Volumen | 8 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 391-412 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1053-1858 • E-ISSN: 1477-9803 |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024389 |
| OpenAlex | W2333742827 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 14 |
| Referencias citadas | 14 |
Much disagreement over the status of public pay arises from the comparisons made. governments compare equivalent jobs while economists compare equivalent workers. We pursue a compromise: we apply the economists' model of salary determination of statistically equivalent workers to a sample restricted to people in equivalent jobs-electrical engineers in the public and private sectors. We also explicitly consider the possibility that privatesector workers are more productive than comparable publicsector workers. We find that public-sector workers indeed may be less productive, but these differences do not explain the pay gap: public-sector workers still earn less than comparable workers in the private sector. Workers in the defense contracting sector also appear to be less productive than comparable workers in the nondefense private sector, but there are no pay differences between these sectors
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| Obras citantes distintas | 14 |
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| Citas por año | 0,54 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
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