Chapter

The Demand for Labor in the Public Sector

Orley C. Ashenfelter and Ronald G. Ehrenberg

Published by

View more publications by Princeton University Press

To Publisher Page

Labor in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors

This chapter is in the book Labor in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors

You are currently not able to access this content.

You are currently not able to access this content.

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
CONTRIBUTORS vii
NTRODUCTION ix
The Theory of Employment and Wages in the Public Sector 1
Comments 49
The Demand for Labor in the Public Sector 55
Comments 79
Demand for Labor in a Nonprofit Market: University Faculty 85
Comments 130
The Incidence of Strikes in Public Employment 135
Comments 178
Wage Determination in Public Schools and the Effects of Unionization 183
Comments 220
The Effect of Government Ownership on Union Wages 227
Comments 256
COMBINED REFERENCES 264
Backmatter 273

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400872015-005

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
CONTRIBUTORS vii
NTRODUCTION ix
The Theory of Employment and Wages in the Public Sector 1
Comments 49
The Demand for Labor in the Public Sector 55
Comments 79
Demand for Labor in a Nonprofit Market: University Faculty 85
Comments 130
The Incidence of Strikes in Public Employment 135
Comments 178
Wage Determination in Public Schools and the Effects of Unionization 183
Comments 220
The Effect of Government Ownership on Union Wages 227
Comments 256
COMBINED REFERENCES 264
Backmatter 273

Institutional Access

How does access work?

Downloaded on 23.9.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400872015-005/html