TY  - JOUR
AU  - Getz,Malcolm
TI  - Public Libraries and Labor Markets
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 328
PY  - 1979
Y2  - March 1979
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0328
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0328.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Malcolm Getz
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235-1819
Tel: 615-322-3425
Fax: 615-343-8495
E-Mail: MALCOLM.GETZ@VANDERBILT.EDU
AB  - Differences in labor compensation across 31 large public library systems are examined based on the author's interview survey. Salaries for recruit clerical workers, recruit librarians, and librarians with five years' experience are compared along with hours of work per week and fringe benefits. Cost of living differences in metropolitan areas and collective bargaining are found to be strongly associated with differences in labor compensation. The collective bargaining differential for experienced librarians seems to be about13.5 percent.
ER  -