Elliott R. F., Bell D., Scott A., Ma A. and Roberts E. (2005) Devolved government and public sector pay reform: considerations of equity and efficiency, Regional Studies 39 , 519-539. Public sector pay is of critical concern to the governments in Westminster and Edinburgh. It accounts for the...

Baumol’s cost disease states that relatively high productivity growth in manufacturing induces a steady increase in the relative price of human services. If demand for these services is inelastic or manufactured goods are necessities, the budget share of these services inexorably rises over...

This paper considers one of the paradoxes of incentive pay used in Britain's public services, namely that despite much evidence that it does not motivate employees, it continues to be widely used. It is argued that behind this evidence, there are significant examples in which its use has been...

Public sector unionism grew rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s following the passage of state collective bargaining laws. During the last thirty years, public sector membership has grown at roughly the same rate as the overall workforce. This paper provides a descriptive overview of...

This paper reviews an investigation into the application of retention bonuses and labor market allowances in the central government sector in the Netherlands. On average, the supplements amount to approximately one (gross) monthly salary. They mainly accrue to males, who are highly educated,...

An important aspect of the impact of the economic crisis is how pay in the public sector responds – in the face not only of the evolution of pay in the private sector, but also extreme pressure on public spending (of which pay is a very large proportion) as fiscal deficits soar. What are the...

This paper uses microeconomic data for the period from 1990 to 2004 to examine the relationship between public–private sector wage differentials and labour market conditions in Finland. The results show that the public sector wage premium is strongly counter-cyclical. On average, a 10 percent...

"Der Beitrag setzt sich mit den Gesetzesinitiativen zum Abbau von Restriktionen der Teilzeitbeschäftigung im Beamtenverhältnis auseinander. Nach geltendem recht kann ein Beamter nur dann Teilzeitarbeit in Anspruch nehmen, wenn er ein Kind im Alter bis 16 Jahren oder einen hilfsbedürftigen...

Laut Bundesverfassungsgericht ist die unterschiedliche Besteuerung von Beamtenpensionen und Renten nicht mit dem Gleichheitssatz des Grundgesetzes vereinbar. Dieser Feststellung folgend stellt Prof. Dr. Eckart Bomsdorf, Universität zu Köln, zunächst Ansätze zur Steuerfreistellung der...