Pay Reform in the Public Service : Initial Impact on Pay Dispersion in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom No. 10

This report assesses the impact of pay reforms on pay dispersion in the public service. To do so, it draws on recent experiences in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- The motivation for reform -- PUBLIC SECTOR PAY REFORMS -- An overview -- Decentralisation and individualisation of pay -- Market testing, contracting out and quasi markets -- THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE REFORMS -- Decentralisation -- Individualisation -- THE UNITED KINGDOM -- Introduction -- Competitive tendering -- Decentralisation -- The individualisation of pay -- The impact of the reforms on pay dispersion -- Overview -- AUSTRALIA -- Introduction -- Decentralisation -- The Australian public service -- Implementation -- State government -- The individualisation of payThe impact of the reforms on pay dispersion -- Overview -- SWEDEN -- Introduction -- Decentralisation -- The individualisation of pay -- The impact of the reforms on pay dispersion -- Overview -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Appendix A. Estimated weekly earnings of full-time adult employees at the upper and lower deciles of the distribution of pay in Australia in 1985,1990 and 1993 -- Appendix B. Executive agencies established as of 7 December 1994 -- Appendix C. Activities announced by ministers as candidates for agency status as of 7 December 1994 -- REFERENCES