Description: This eye-opening analysis dives deep into federal wage policy, government bureaucracy, and labor economics, where economist George J. Borjas uncovers how political influence, not just skill or merit, drives salary determination across federal agencies, exposing why well-organized, politically valuable constituencies command higher wage rates and reshaping how we understand compensation, agency output, and public-sector economics in the federal government.
This book examines how the salaries of the 2.4 million full-time, permanent civilian employees of the federal government are determined.