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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED099598 AUTHOR: Walitz, Louise Berman
TITLE: An Analysis of the Labor Market for Policemen.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
NOTE: 298 p.; Ph.D. Dissertation, California Univ.,
Berkeley
AVAILABILITY: National Technical Information Service,
Springfield, Virginia 22151
ABSTRACT: The project examines shortages of police manpower
and analyzes the economic content of police hiring
standards. A monopsony explanation of shortages is rejected
in favor of a dynamic shortage model and a more rigorous
model stressing the interaction of wages, hiring standards,
authorized employment levels, and vacancy rates. Through
mulitple regression techniques, the characteristics sought
by the Oakland (California) Police Department testing
process between 1965 and 1971 are defined. The probability
of success is greatly increased as years of education
increase, and is also raised by previous police experience
and high previous wages. It is decreased by minority group
status and local residence. Recent changes are reviewed,
such as aggressive minority recruiting and affirmative
action programs, which have greatly increased minority
representation on the force. A review of the literature and
a bibliography are included. (Author)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Economic-Research;
Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Labor-Economics; Law-Enforcement;
Minority-Groups; Personnel-Needs; Racial-Discrimination;
Recruitment-; Sex-Discrimination; Urban-Problems; Wages-;
Work-Experience
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employment-Practices; *Employment
Qualifications; *Labor-Market; *Labor-Needs; *Police-
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