Technical Success, Political Failure: The Incentive Pay Plan for California Job Agents

In 1972 the Rand Corporation was asked to develop an incentive pay system for California's job agents (state employment service counselors specializing in disadvantaged clients). This article, written by three of the analysts who worked on the Rand project, describes the incentive plan, the env...

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Published in:Policy analysis 1976-10, Vol.2 (4), p.545-575
Main Authors: Greenberg, David, Lipson, Al, Rostker, Bernard
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Employment
Hertzsprung Russell diagrams
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Salary
Unemployment
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Salary
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