The Fraser Institute: Government Employees in Alberta Earn 10 Per Cent More Than Private-Sector Workers
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/22/13 -- Public-sector workers (federal, provincial, and local) in Alberta earned wages 10.3 per cent higher, on average, than their private-sector counterparts in 2011, finds a new report from the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian think-tank.
"As the Alberta government struggles with deficits and finding ways to constrain spending, public-sector compensation is one area that should be closely scrutinized," said Jason Clemens, Fraser Institute executive vice-president and co-author of .
"The fact is government workers in Alberta enjoy a wage premium over their private-sector counterparts."
Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation in Alberta examines wage and non-wage benefits for government employees (federal, provincial, and local) and private-sector workers in Alberta. It calculated the wage premium for public-sector workers using Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey from April 2011, after adjusting for personal characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, education, tenure, size of establishment, type of job, and industry. When unionization is included in the analysis, the public-sector "wage premium" (i.e., the degree to which public-sector wages exceed private-sector wages) declines to 7.5 per cent from 10.3 per cent.
Aside from higher wages, the study also found strong indications that public-sector workers enjoy more generous non-wage benefits than the private sector, including:
"Public-sector wages and benefits are largely driven by political factors and the monopolistic nature of government, while in the private sector they are guided by market forces, competition, and profit constraints," said Amela Karabegovic, Fraser Institute senior economist and study co-author.
"Overall, the public-sector workers in Alberta enjoy higher wages-and likely higher non-wage benefits-than comparable workers in the private sector."
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The Fraser Institute is an independent Canadian public policy research and educational organization with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal and ties to a global network of 86 think-tanks. Its mission is to measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government intervention on the welfare of individuals. To protect the Institute's independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit .
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Amela Karabegovic
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Dean Pelkey
Director of Communications
(604) 714-4582
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