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Are Public Sector Workers Paid More Than Their Alternative Wage? Evidence from Longitudinal Data and Job Queues

In: When Public Sector Workers Unionize

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Alan B. Krueger

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This chapter was published in: Alan B. Krueger When Public Sector Workers Unionize, , pages 217-242, 1988.

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Richard B. Freeman & Casey Ichniowski, 1988. "When Public Sector Workers Unionize," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number free88-1.
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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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