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The Politics of Municipal Employment Policy: A Comparative Study of U.S. Cities
Author(s) -
Baker David G.,
Colby David C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1981.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - parallels , politics , socioeconomic status , economics , public policy , public expenditure , environmental policy , public economics , economic growth , public finance , political science , macroeconomics , natural resource economics , sociology , population , operations management , demography , law
A bstract .Municipal employment policy has been partially ignored in urban research , perhaps because of the implicit assumption that employment policy parallels expenditure and taxation policy. However, a strong relationship is found between municipal employment levels and the specified socioeconomic environment. Relationships between that environment and employment policy deviate considerably from expenditure policy. Expenditure policy analysis suggests hypotheses, but does not accurately predict the relative strength of association. Although expenditure policy is more directly related to municipal economic environment, public employment policy is related to the sociopolitical environment.