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Title: Are New Jersey Public Employees Overpaid?

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Th e research in this paper investigates whether New Jersey public employees are overpaid at the expense of New Jersey taxpayers. Th is research is timely. Th e governor and the editorial board of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, the states largest newspaper, claim that public workers earn substantially higher salaries than average workers in the private sector, and the gap in benefits is even wider. Consequently, they are promoting public employee pay freezes, benefits reductions, and major revisions to the rules of collective bargaining as the antidote to the overpayment blight.

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Authors: Keefe, Jeffrey H.

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Publication Number: 270

Institution: Economic Policy Institute

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Publisher Location: Washington, DC

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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