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100	1		_aBrueckner, Jan K. _96931
245	1	0	_aBeaches, Sunshine, and Public-Sector Pay: _bTheory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers / _cJan K. Brueckner, David Neumark.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w16797
500			_aFebruary 2011.
520	3		_aThe absence of a competitive market may enable public-sector workers to extract rents from taxpayers in the form of high pay, especially when public-sector workers are unionized. On the other hand, this rent extraction may be suppressed by the ability of taxpayers to vote with their feet, leaving jurisdictions where public-sector workers extract high rents. However, although migration of taxpayers may limit rent-seeking, public-sector workers may be able to extract higher rents in regions where high amenities mute the migration response. We develop a theoretical model that predicts such a link between public-sector wage differentials and local amenities, and we test the model's predictions by analyzing variation in these wage differentials and amenities across states. We find that public-sector wage differentials are, in fact, larger in the presence of high amenities, with the effect stronger for unionized public-sector workers who are likely better able to exercise political power in extracting rents. The implication is that the mobility of taxpayers is insufficient to prevent rent-seeking behavior of public-sector workers from leading to higher public-sector pay.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aJ45 - Public Sector Labor Markets _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ48 - Public Policy _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant Workers _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aR10 - General _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aNeumark, David.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w16797.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w16797
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w16797
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