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C/P/488. Higher pay for public sector: is it justified?

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1050
DATE:
2011
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19.99 GBP

The paper addresses high earnings, generous benefits and low levels of accountability in the UK public sector. The lobbying of public servants’ interests is examined questioning economic justifications of the mentioned benefits, arguing that public-sector unions represent most powerful interest groups, and claiming that economic anomalies of the public sector are results of the political pressure.

 

KEYWORDS: public sector, public servants, unions, interest groups,

 
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