A methodology for measuring public agricultural research capital is developed anddescribed for the first time, new public agricultural research capital measures for each of the 48contiguous US states, 1970-1999, are presented, and a new econometric analysis of the contributionof public...

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premiumin the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membershipwage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range ofindividual, job and...

This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...

In dieser Berufsmarktstudie wurden in der Schweiz privatwirtschaftliche Unternehmen und öffentlich-rechtliche Institutionen als potenzielle Arbeitgeber für Informationsspezialisten zu gegenwärtigen Anforderungen und künftigen Perspektiven des Arbeitsmarktes befragt. Sie heben gleichermassen...

Der Ausschuss eArchiv1 (AeA) besteht seit 2003 als Nachfolgeorganisation derArbeitsgruppe elektronische Archivierung des Vereins schweizerischer Archivarinnenund Archivare (VSA)2. 2002 erschien die Strategiestudie zur dauerhaftenArchivierung von Unterlagen aus elektronischen Systemen3, die den...

The paper examines the trend in public sector – private sector wagedifferentials in the 1980s and 1990s, using a variety of econometricmethods...br>

[...]In this article, we attempt to quantify the economic effectsof the homeland security efforts of the public and privatesectors, focusing specifically on the costs of these efforts. Inpractice, it is difficult to classify which expenditures are relatedto homeland security. For this reason, we...