Volunteer Service After The Volunteer Service: The Sector Of Employment And Veteran Volunteering

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-277
Author(s):  
Yusuf Baktir ◽  
Aminata Sillah
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
State Government ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Volunteer Service ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local

The purpose of this article is to illustrate how changes in institutional environment may impact veteran volunteering. We argue that veterans are likely to adapt to new institutional environment as they start working for different sectors such as private, public and nonprofit. Findings suggest that regardless of the sector of employment, veterans are more likely to volunteer than non-veterans. Additionally, veterans in the federal government, nonprofit sector and those who are self-employed are more likely to volunteer than veterans working in the private sector. However, no difference exists between veterans in the local government, state government and the private sector. Inversely, state and local government employment increases the likelihood of volunteering for the non-veterans, but federal employment has no influence. This study aims to fill the gap in our understanding of institutional environment and its impact on veteran volunteering. Implications for practitioners and future research are discussed at the end.

Pastoralism, Ethnicity, and Subnational Conflict Resolution in the Middle Belt

2018 ◽  
pp. 678-696
Author(s):  
Laura Thaut Vinson
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Material Costs ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Subnational Conflict

This chapter explores the problem of rising pastoralist–farmer and ethnic (religious and tribal) violence in the pluralistic Middle Belt region of Nigeria over the past thirty to forty years. In particular, it highlights the underlying issues and conflicts associated with these different categories of communal intergroup violence, the human and material costs of such conflict, and the broader implications for the Nigerian state. The federal government, states, local governments. and communities have not been passive in addressing the considerable challenges associated with preventing and resolving such conflicts. It is clear, however, that they face significant hurdles in resolving the underlying grievances and drivers of conflict, and their efforts have not always furthered the cause of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Greater attention to patterns of inclusion and exclusion and to the allocation of rights and resources will be necessary, particularly at the state and local government levels, to create a more stable and peaceful Middle Belt.

scholarly journals Compensation for State and Local Government Workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maury Gittleman ◽  
Brooks Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Government Workers ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
Public Sector Workers

Are state and local government workers overcompensated? In this paper, we step back from the highly charged rhetoric and address this question with the two primary data sources for looking at compensation of state and local government workers: the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation microdata collected as part of the National Compensation Survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In both data sets, the workers being hired in the public sector have higher skill levels than those in the private sector, so the challenge is to compare across sectors in a way that adjusts suitably for this difference. After controlling for skill differences and incorporating employer costs for benefits packages, we find that, on average, public sector workers in state government have compensation costs 3–10 percent greater than those for workers in the private sector, while in local government the gap is 10–19 percent. We caution that this finding is somewhat dependent on the chosen sample and specification, that averages can obscure broader differences in distributions, and that a host of worker and job attributes are not available to us in these data. Nonetheless, the data suggest that public sector workers, especially local government ones, on average, receive greater remuneration than observably similar private sector workers. Overturning this result would require, we think, strong arguments for particular model specifications, or different data.

scholarly journals Discussion of Financing State and Local Government Services in a Cyclical Economy

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Kurt R. Anschel
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
State Government ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Important Criterion ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Growth Stability ◽  
State Tax ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The 1960S

Drs. White and Musser bring an important new insight: given recent and prospective variations in inflation and income growth, stability must become an important criterion for assessing alternative local and state government fiscal systems. The 1960s was an expansionary period for U.S. and world economies. Equity, growth and efficiency appeared to be appropriate and sufficient criteria for evaluating local and state tax and expenditure systems. The economic turmoil of the 70s, however, makes it obvious we were a bit over-optimistic. Stability must be added to our list.

Overview of U.S. State and Local Government Financial Reporting: A Reference for Academic Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won Jung Kim ◽  
Marlene A. Plumlee ◽  
Stephen Stubben
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
Government Data ◽  
State And Local

The purpose of this paper is to encourage and support academic research related to U.S. state and local government financial reporting. We provide an overview of U.S. state and local governments and their financial reporting, discuss sources of government data available to researchers, review key streams of academic research on governmental financial reporting, and suggest opportunities for future research in this area.

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of the Revival of Fiscal Activism in the 2000s

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 686-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Fiscal Stimulus ◽  
Government Purchases ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Stimulus Package

An empirical review of the three fiscal stimulus packages of the 2000s shows that they had little if any direct impact on consumption or government purchases. Households largely saved the transfers and tax rebates. The federal government only increased purchases by a small amount. State and local governments saved their stimulus grants and shifted spending away from purchases to transfers. Counterfactual simulations show that the stimulus-induced decrease in state and local government purchases was larger than the increase in federal purchases. Simulations also show that a larger stimulus package with the same design as the 2009 stimulus would not have increased government purchases or consumption by a larger amount. These results raise doubts about the efficacy of such packages adding weight to similar assessments reached more than thirty years ago. (JEL E21, E23, E32, E62, H50)

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