1st Edition

The Fixing of Wages in Government Employment

By E. Colston Shepherd Copyright 1923
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1923, this thorough and critical volume collected and analysed material bearing on the UK Government practice during the early part of the 20 th  Century in settling wages in 4 key government departments.  A substantial introduction indicates the constitutional aspect of the problem and its relation to economic theory on the subject of wages. The book discusses... Read more

Introduction. 1. The War Department 2. The Royal Dockyards 3. The Civil Service 4. The Post Office 5. Conclusion. Appendices.

Biography

E. Colston Shepherd died in 1976. 

Original review of The Fixing of Wages:

‘Mr Shepherd has made a real contribution to knowledge.’ Henry Clay, The Economic Journal Vol 34, Issue 134, (1924)