Top‐end salaries and the Ontario public sector

Abstract G omez and W ald (2010) found that O ntario salary disclosure did not restrain top university salaries. We provide evidence that supports and extends this conclusion by finding that since 1996, with the exception of school boards, O ntario public sector top salaries have increased at about the same rate as top‐end salaries for the province as a whole. The time path in top public sector salaries is much smoother, suggesting short‐run …