The payment of public sector workers in the UK: Reconciliation with North American findings

Economics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-243

  Blackaby, D H ^a   Murphy, P D ^a   O'Leary, N C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

J45; Public sector; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423910     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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