The Fraser Institute: Government Employees in Canada Paid 9.7% More Than Comparable Employees in Private-Sector
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/04/15 -- Government employees in Canada receive higher wages and likely more generous non-wage benefits than their private-sector counterparts, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
"As governments across Canada struggle with persistent deficits and growing debt in the face of ongoing negotiations with public-sector unions, now is an opportune time to scrutinize the compensation of government employees nationwide," said Jason Clemens, executive vice-president of the Fraser Institute and co-author of .
Using Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey data from January to December 2013, the study calculates that government employees in Canada (federal, provincial and local governments) receive 9.7 per cent higher wages, on average, than comparable employees in the private sector.
This wage premium accounts for differences among individual employees such as age, gender, marital status, education, tenure, type of work, size of establishment, industry, and occupation. When unionization is accounted for, the government-sector wage premium drops to 6.2 per cent.
But wages are only part of an employee's total compensation, which also includes non-wage benefits such as pensions, early retirement and job security. And according to several strong indicators, the government sector as a whole enjoys superior non-wage benefits.
Specific non-wage benefits examined in the study include:
"Of course, governments must provide competitive compensation to attract qualified employees, but wages and benefits in Canada's government sector are out of step with the private sector," said Charles Lammam, study co-author and director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute.
"If governments want to better control spending to rein in deficits and debt, one option is to ensure compensation paid to government employees broadly reflects private-sector compensation for similar positions," Clemens said.
A short spotlighting the differences between government and private-sector compensation is also available on the Fraser Institute's YouTube channel.
Jason Clemens is in Toronto and available to media. Charles Lammam is in Vancouver.
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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 think-tanks in 87 countries. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for Canadians, their families and future generations by studying, measuring and broadly communicating the effects of government policies, entrepreneurship and choice on their well-being. To protect the Institute's independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit .
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Executive Vice-President, Fraser Institute
For interviews with Mr. Clemens, contact Aanand Radia:
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Charles Lammam
Director of Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute
(604) 714-4544
(at)CharlesLammam
Aanand Radia
Media Relations Specialist, Fraser Institute
(416) 363-6575 ext: 238
(at)FraserInstitute
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