Benefit Cost Comparisons between State and Local Governments and Private-Sector Employers

McDonnell, Kenneth J.

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Benefit Cost Comparisons between State and Local Governments and Private-Sector Employers

12 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2005

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Kenneth J. McDonnell

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

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Abstract

This paper examines some of the causes of the differences in total compensation costs between state and local government employers and private-sector employers using datasets from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and from EBRI tabulations of the March 2004 Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keywords: Employee benefit costs, Employment-based benefits

JEL Classification: J32

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McDonnell, Kenneth J., Benefit Cost Comparisons between State and Local Governments and Private-Sector Employers. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=713483