Description |
1 online resource (173 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Appendices; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Theoretical Arguments for Decentralised Pay Setting Arrangements; Introduction; Decentralisation in the Private Sector; Arguments for Public Sector Pay Setting Reform; Perceived Advantages of Decentralised Pay Setting in the Public Sector; Possible Disadvantages of Decentralised Pay Setting in the Public Sector; The Consequences of Decentralising Pay Bargaining for Wage Inflation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Data and Specification; Introduction |
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Data SourcesThe Variables; Methodology; Properties of the Data; References; Chapter 3 Australia; Introduction; Private Sector Wage Determination; Public Sector Wage Structure; Developments in Central Government Wage Determination; Motivation for Reform; Analysis of APS Pay; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Sweden; Introduction; Private Sector Wage Determination; The Public and Private Sector Wage Structures; Developments in Government Pay Determination; Motivation for Reform; Analysis of Civil Service Pay; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 The United Kingdom; Introduction |
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Private Sector Wage DeterminationThe Public and Private Sector Wage Structures; Developments in Central Government Wage Determination; The Motivation for Reform; Analysis of Civil Service Pay; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Inter-Country Comparisons: Developments in Australia, Sweden and the UK Compared; Introduction; Method; Pay Structure in the Three Countries; Real Wage Growth; Conclusion: The Effects of Pay Reform; References; Index |
Summary |
IThis title was first published in 2003. In the early 1990s, Australia, Sweden and the UK dismantled the old centralised pay setting systems which set the pay of civil servants and adopted decentralised pay systems. Consequently, these systems are now being considered by many other European countries as they look to reform their own systems. Bender and Elliott analyse the outcomes of these pioneering reforms in all three countries and, in doing so, provide the most detailed analysis of the pay of civil servants in these three countries to date. The authors further assess the effect that decentralisation had on the inequality of pay both within and between different departments, agencies and ministries. They identify the differences in the rates of pay growth for the different grades of civil servants that lie behind the changes in pay inequality, and assess whether decentralisation changed the way in which civil servants are paid |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Civil service -- Salaries, etc.
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Collective bargaining -- Government employees.
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Civil service -- Salaries, etc.
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Collective bargaining -- Government employees
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Elliott, R. F
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ISBN |
9781351769907 |
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1351769901 |
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