You got me. I have no data. All I have is anectodal experience. My sense
talking to my fellow citizens and interacting in daily life is that, generally
speaking, government employees generally work fixed reasonable hours during the
week, rarely if ever work overtime, nights and weekends, don't work terribly
hard when they are working, get all holidays, are very good at taking their
vacations, sick leave, personal absences, workers comp. Compared to the dog
eat dog world of private enterprise, goverment jobs don't pay that great, but
if you have no interest in joining the rat race and want to work as little as
possible while maintaining a middle-class lifestyle, not a bad choice.
David Shemano
----- Original Message -----
From: "Perelman, Michael"
To: "David B. Shemano" , "Progressive Economics"
Sent: 11/10/2008 2:41PM
Subject: RE: Re: [Pen-l] Half-baked Keynes
David, what data do you have that people work less per compensation in the
public sector? I know that you may find some examples, but public employees
typically make less although with benefits, the case is less clear cut.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David B. Shemano
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:14 PM
To: Progressive Economics
Subject: RE: Re: [Pen-l] Half-baked Keynes
Hmm. How about the post WWII expansion of state employment? If we can assume
there are some laborers who want to work less, and others who want to make more
money, I can imagine the former gravitating toward public employment, where the
hours worked compared to compensation received is pretty good. Just a thought
in support of my evolving belief that demographic self-selection is the answer
to alot of questions.
David Shemano
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