Pay in the public sector: Sun, salaries and public servants

Pay in the public sector: Sun, salaries and public servants
- March 4, 2011
- A study by UCI economists Jan Brueckner and David Neumark is featured in The Economist March 3, 2011
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From The Economist:
Governments in the rich world are taking the knife to the budgets, pay and pensions
of state employees. But where to cut? A study by Jan Brueckner and David Neumark of
the University of California, Irvine, finds that within America there may be more
flab in public-sector pay packets in states like coastal California than wintry Wisconsin.
For the full story, please visit http://www.economist.com/node/18285587?story_id=18285587&fsrc=rss.
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