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

In: Public Sector Payrolls

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Richard B. Freeman

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This chapter was published in: Richard B. Freeman Public Sector Payrolls, , pages 183-216, 1987.

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David A. Wise, 1987. "Public Sector Payrolls," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number wise87-1.
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  1. Smith, Sharon P., 1977. "Government wage differentials," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 248-271, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Orley Ashenfelter & Ronald Ehrenberg, 1973. "The Demand for Labor in the Public Sector," Working Papers 420, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
  3. Bergstrom, Theodore C & Goodman, Robert P, 1973. "Private Demands for Public Goods," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 63(3), pages 280-96, June.
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  4. Courant, Paul N & Gramlich, Edward M & Rubinfeld, Daniel L, 1979. "Public Employee Market Power and the Level of Government Spending," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 69(5), pages 806-17, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Richard B. Freeman, 1986. "Unionism Comes to the Public Sector," NBER Working Papers 1452, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Jeffrey M. Perloff & Michael L. Wachter, 1984. "Wage comparability in the U.S. postal service," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 38(1), pages 26-37, October.
  7. Ehrenberg, Ronald G, 1973. "The Demand for State and Local Government Employees," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 63(3), pages 366-79, June.
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  1. Lawrence Katz & Alan Krueger, 1991. "Changes in the Structure of Wages in the Public and Private Sectors," Working Papers 662, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Steven F. Venti, 1985. "Wages in the Federal and Private Sectors," NBER Working Papers 1641, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Simon Luechinger & Stephan Meier & Alois Stutzer, 2008. "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors," SOEPpapers 106, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
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  6. Rebecca M. Blank, 1993. "Public Sector Growth and Labor Market Flexibility: The United States vs. The United Kingdom," NBER Working Papers 4339, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Alan B. Krueger, 1988. "Are Public Sector Workers Paid More Than Their Alternative Wage? Evidence From Longitudinal Data and Job Queues," NBER Working Papers 2500, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Luechinger, Simon & Meier, Stephan & Stutzer, Alois, 2008. "Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector," IZA Discussion Papers 3385, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  9. Douglas Holtz-Eakin & Harvey S. Rosen, 1991. "Municipal Labor Demand in the Presence of Uncertainty: An Econometric Approach," NBER Working Papers 3516, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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