MPs' Pay 1911–1996: Myths and Realities
| Autor: | Baimbridge Mark, Darren Darcy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Inflation
021110 strategic defence & security studies Labour economics Earnings media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Mythology 0506 political science Power (social and political) Politics Empirical examination Law Political Science and International Relations Value (economics) 050602 political science & public administration Economics Salary media_common |
| Zdroj: | Politics. 19:71-80 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9256 0263-3957 |
| Popis: | The controversial 26 per cent salary increase voted for by MPs in July 1996 re-ignited the vexed issue of politicians and pay. This paper firstly develops a framework to review the history of MPs' pay. Secondly, an empirical examination is undertaken with regard to its value relative to prices and earnings, the ruling political party and the overall period disaggregated by decade. This suggests that MPs have been more successful insulating themselves against the ravages of inflation than changes in earnings and that the party in power appears to be influential. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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