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Title: Are Government Workers Overpaid? Alternative Evidence
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1. Long, James E.
Are Government Workers Overpaid? Alternative Evidence
Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 123-131.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/145528
Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keyword(s): Job Tenure; Job Turnover; Public Sector; Wages

Studies of employment using Smith's approach of measuring what comparable people earn in government relative to private employment show consistently and substantially higher pay for government workers, at least in terms of nominal wages and earnings. In the absence of comprehensive compensation data for individuals, an alternative test of whether government workers are underpaid is proposed. The finding that government employment reduces the probability of job quitting further suggests that government workers receive economic rents in the form of higher wages or greater fringe benefits in contrast to those in private jobs.
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Long, James E. "Are Government Workers Overpaid? Alternative Evidence." Journal of Human Resources 17,1 (Winter 1982): 123-131.