scholarly journals Wage Determination In The Public Sector

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Heiney
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Budget Deficits ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The Public ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Pension Benefits

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 26pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">As the economy continues to recover from the recent recession of 2008-2009, there has been much discussion of the related issues of increases in federal, state, and local budget deficits and debt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A major element of that discussion concerns public employee salaries and benefits, including under-funded pension benefits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This paper involves the development of a theoretical model for the determination of wages and salaries in the public sector which has implications for these current issues.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DYNAMICS IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

2011 ◽  
Vol 01 (05) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Anyim C. Francis ◽  
Elegbede Tunde ◽  
Mariam A. ◽  
Gbajumo Sheriff
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Freedom Of Association ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public

The objective of this paper is to examine the dynamics of collective bargaining machinery in both the public and private sectors in Nigeria; with a view to bringing to the fore the peculiarities associated with both sectors with regard to the practice of bargaining. To achieve this objective, the paper adopts a theoretical approach. The author observes that the practice of industrial relations as a discipline and that of collective bargaining in particular emanated from the private sector the world over. Thus, much of the practices of public sector collective bargaining are modelled after the private sector collective bargaining. However, in Nigeria, the obverse is the case as collective bargaining gained its root in the public sector owing to the near absence of private sector at the turn of the century. However, in Nigeria, the public sector pays lip-service to the collective bargaining machinery. Governments at all levels (Federal, State and Local) have continued to set aside collective bargaining and to give wage awards to score political points in spite of its commitment to the ILO Convention 98 to freely bargain with workers. The State or the government in the course of regulating wages and employment terms and conditions revert to the use of wage commissions. Thus, wage determination is by fiat. This preference for wage commissions can at best be regarded as a unilateral system as collective bargaining is relegated to the background.Wage tribunals or commissions offer little opportunity for workers’ contribution in the determination of terms and conditions of employment and can hardly be viewed as bilateral or tripartite. Thus, the State preference for wage commissions is anti-collective bargaining. In spite of Nigeria’s commitment to Conventions of the ILO with particular reference to such Conventions as 87 of 1948 and 98 of 1949 which provide for freedom of association and the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. Thus, the use of wage commissions is antithetical to collective bargaining.

scholarly journals Can State & Local Government Consolidation Really Save Money?

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Heiney
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Consolidation ◽  
State And Local

The recent economic crisis was especially damaging to state and local governments financial situations. One suggested solution to these difficulties is to consolidate smaller political jurisdictions into larger ones to reduce costs. This paper presents a theoretical model for the determination of wages and salaries in the public sector with implications for the variation of public sector salaries across jurisdictions of different sizes. Data is presented for public school teachers salaries in Illinois by district size which shows that salaries are higher in larger districts. This would seem to suggest that consolidating smaller school districts into larger ones will result in higher salaries, leading to the question: Will political consolidation really save money?

MPA Graduates and the Dilemma of Job Satisfaction: Does Crossing the Sector Line Make a Difference

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barrie E. Blunt ◽  
Kris Anne Spring
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Employment ◽  
State Regional

This study examines levels of job satisfaction for MPA graduates employed in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Findings are based on a survey and indicate that MPA graduates derive greater satisfaction with pay and promotion opportunities in the private sector than in the public or non-profit sectors. No significant differences were noted between the sectors with regard to work satisfaction or satisfaction with supervisor or co-workers. Further, no differences in levels of satisfaction were noted between four categories of public sector employment; federal, state, regional, or local.

Retirement and Pensions in American Economic History

2018 ◽  
pp. 354-374
Author(s):  
Robert Clark ◽  
Lee A. Craig
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Pension Plans ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Defined Benefit ◽  
Retirement Plans ◽  
The Us ◽  
Defined Benefit Plans ◽  
State And Local

The proportion of the US population that survives to retirement age has increased over time, as has the share of the older population that retires. Higher incomes at older ages explain the increase in the incidence of retirement. Pensions provide much of that income. In general, public-sector workers, especially military personnel, were covered by pensions before their private-sector counterparts, and coverage in the public sector remains more widespread, and generous, than it is in the private sector. Public-sector pension plans are more likely to be defined benefit plans than are private-sector plans. Many public-sector employers have promised their employees more in benefits than they have set aside to pay for those benefits. Estimates suggest that the federal, state, and local retirement plans currently in operation are underfunded by as much as $5 trillion.

An Analysis of Workers' Choice between Employment in the Public and Private Sectors

ILR Review ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Blank
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Employment Sectors

This paper estimates the extent to which workers with different personal characteristics are likely to be employed in the public versus the private sector. The author develops a reduced-form two-way probit model to analyze workers' choice between the two employment sectors, together with a three-way model that breaks this decision down to a choice among private, federal, and state and local government jobs. She estimates these models using May 1979 CPS data. The results show that, other things equal, government employment is preferred by the “protected” groups of veterans, nonwhites, and women. In addition, highly educated and more experienced workers are more likely to choose the public sector. Significant differences are found within the public sector between federal and state-local choices. The results also indicate that sectoral choice is influenced by more than wage comparisons.

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