In dem Gutachten werden ein Überblick der Personalausgaben und der Personalstruktur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen gegeben und Handlungsoptionen für die Personalpolitik des Landes abgeleitet. Im Jahr 2012 stellten die direkten und indirekten Personalausgaben in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) 43%...

Die umlagefinanzierte gesetzliche Pensionsversicherung stellt weiterhin die größte Säule der Pensionsvorsorge in Österreich dar, wobei sie aufgrund geänderter Rahmenbedingungen so angepasst werden muss, dass ihre langfristige Finanzierbarkeit erhalten bleibt. Ausgehend von der Frage,...

The paper estimates public sector wage differentials and their changes over time for men and women in the United Kingdom using the New Earnings Survey. It presents estimates that are robust to unobserved workforce characteristics and that also show the impact of policy changes and cyclical...

We measure accruals in defined benefit (DB) pension plans for public and private sector workers in Britain, using typical differences in scheme rules and sector-specific lifetime age-earnings profiles by sex and educational group. We show not just that coverage by DB pension plans is greater in...

Im vorliegenden Arbeitspapier werden die öffentlichen Beschäftigungssysteme der Länder Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien und Schweden im Vergleich dargestellt. Untersucht wird inwiefern - ausgehend von im Ländervergleich ähnlichen öffentlichen Beschäftigungssystemen - seit Anfang...

Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline in...

The existing literature on inequality between private and public sectors focuses on cross-section differences in earnings levels. A more general way of looking at inequality between sectors is to recognize that forward-looking agents will care about income and job mobility too. We show that...

This paper investigates gender differences between the log wage distributions of full-time British employees in the public and private sectors. After allowing for positive selection into full-time employment by women, we find significant and substantial gender earnings gaps, and evidence of...

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