Pay comparability in state governments

Article Abstract:

Earnings differentials between state government and private industry employees are estimated for each state using 1990 Census data. Female employees in most state governments receive higher earnings than comparable private sector employees, whereas the opposite result applies to males. However, the size of the state government earnings advantage or penalty is not uniform across states for either sex. The relative earnings of state employees increase with their membership in unions and with the revenues generated by state government's tax and financing policies. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Human resource management, Compensation and benefits, Private sector, Workers, State government

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The Organization of State and Local Government Employees: Reply

Article Abstract:

This article is Amy Dalton's response to criticism by Reid and Kurth to her study published in the Spring 1982 edition of the Journal of Labor Research. The Reid and Kurth article appears in the Spring 1984 edition of the same journal. Dalton discusses Reid and Kurth's criticism and defends her model and results against changes made by Reid and Kurth. Dalton goes further by questioning some of the variables that Reid and Kurth chose. Dalton provides additional references.

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The Organization of State and Local Government Employees: Comment

Article Abstract:

Reid and Kurth are commenting on an article by Amy Dalton published Spring 1982 in the Journal of Labor Research. A summary of Dalton's article is provided. Some of Dalton's methods are questioned and therefore, her conclusions. Dalton's study is compared to a Reid and Kurth study done in 1983. Further, the authors take Dalton's model and rework it with modified-data and come up with their own conclusions.

Study and teaching, Civil service

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