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Author: Mr. Alan A. Tait1 and Mr. Peter S. Heller
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Abstract

How many people are employed by the government? How many are employed by the central government compared with the state and local authorities? How many are employed in public enterprise? How much are they all paid? How much are they paid relative to each other, or relative to the private sector? Such questions interest people in general and economists and policymakers in particular; yet it is remarkable how little information is readily accessible on thes topics.

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Appendix I Statistical Tables and Charts

Table 19.

Data Requested From 139 Countries1

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Countries not mentioned did not respond.

Table 20.

Employees by Level of Government

(In Thousands of Persons)

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Table 21.

Government Employees Per Capita

(Number of employees per hundred inhabitants)

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Table 22.

Government Employees as Share of Nonagricultural Sector Employment

(In percent)

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Table 23.

Distribution of Government Employees by Level of Government

(In percent)

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Table 24.

Distribution of Government Wages by Level of Government

(In percent)

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Table 25.

Share of Government Wages in National Income at Market Prices

(in percent)

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