Often, public workers have some more security - not necessarily in this environment - but lower pay. I know of no evidence that public workers put in less effort. Yes, you may have anecdotes, but no general evidence.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David B. Shemano Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 3:25 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: RE: RE: Re: [Pen-l] Half-baked Keynes 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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