*Find Out **What the Research Shows about "Overcompensated" Public Workers*
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Rutgers Alumni & Friends of the School of Management and Labor Relations
Presents
Jeffrey Keefe
Debunking the Myth of the Over-compensated Public Employee
October 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Rutgers Labor Education Center
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Admission: No charge and open to all
Registration: (required by October 14, 2011):
Recently, the Economic Policy Institute published a paper by Rutgers
University professor Jeffrey Keefe, which supplied overwhelming evidence
that public-sector workers, on the whole, earn less than those in the
private sector.
Keefe offered some suggestions for why these public employees are often
perceived to be overcompensated. For starters, public sector workers are, as
a group, more highly educated, work in more highly paid occupations and they
tend to work moderately fewer hours than those in the private sector. In
addition, it is frequently noted that public employees earn more in benefits
such as health care and pensions: therefore, a simple wage comparison will
not accurately capture difference in total compensation. Nonetheless, after
controlling for multiple factors including level of education, hours worked
and non-cash compensation, Keefe found that, on average, full-time state and
local employees are undercompensated compared to “otherwise similar
private-sector workers.”
Join us on October 19th and hear, first hand, the findings and the details
surrounding Dr. Keefe’s work.
Please E-Mail ruchi.a.sinha(a)gmail.com for RSVP
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