Trends in Public Sector Pay in OECD Countries 1997
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9789264062580
Subjects: Governance
Description: The reform of pay determination systems has been completed in some OECD countries. This report presents information on the procedures which governments have developed to carry out reforms, and on the results obtained, particularly when the reforms have a positive impact on holding down public expenditure. Comparative analysis of public sector pay determination systems in OECD countries illustrates the wide variety of methods of determining public sector remuneration and shows that each country adapts the instruments available to its own institutional structure and economic and social constraints. Those countries which have not opted for radical change are taking a phased, pragmatic approach, lending weight to the view that reform of pay determination systems is extending to all OECD countries.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction: A Changing Situation; title: PART 1. PRESENTATION OF THE STATISTICAL DATA; title: Monitoring government outlays; title: Trends in various governments' outlays; title: Reducing personnel costs: what is at stake?; title: Government outlays in the System of National Accounts (SNA); title: Pay trends; title: PART 2. DESCRIPTION OF PAY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS; title: Australia; title: Austria; title: Canada; title: Denmark; title: Finland; title: France; title: Germany; title: Ireland; title: Italy; title: Netherlands; title: New Zealand; title: Spain; title: Sweden; title: Switzerland; title: Turkey; title: United Kingdom; title: United States; title: PART 3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PAY DETERMINATION SYSTEMS; title: A comparative overview of pay determination systems; title: Design of a decentralisation index for pay determination systems; title: Classification of pay determination systems; title: Empirical results; title: Conclusion; title: Annex 1 . Data collection outcome; title: Annex 2 . Pay policy in the Canadian public service since 1990; title: Appendix 1. New Occupational Group Structure; title: Appendix 2. The Exclass Project; title: Appendix 3. Factors and Elements; title: Appendix 4. Federal Public Sector Employment - 1994; title: Appendix 5. Pay Parity Law between Men and Women; title: Appendix 6. Downizing in Public Service and Early Departure