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- Title
The Effect of Relative Wages and External Shocks on Public Sector Turnover*.
- Authors
BRADLEY, STEVE; GREEN, COLIN; MANGAN, JOHN
- Abstract
We use a unique database to investigate the determinants of quits and terminations amongst public servants where relative wages, job status and external shocks are used as explanatory variables. It is shown that in comparison with others in the public sector, nurses and teachers on permanent contracts are more likely to quit. More generally, both relative wages and external shocks are found to be an important determinant of turnover behaviour. The public policy implications of these findings are discussed.
- Subjects
BUSINESS turnover; DISMISSAL of employees; ECONOMIC shock; CIVIL service salaries; PUBLIC sector; INCOMES policy (Economics)
- Publication
Economic Record, 2012, Vol 88, Issue 281, p243
- ISSN
0013-0249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00786.x