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dc.titleWhy Do Lazy People Make More Money?: The Strange Case of the Public Sector Wage Premium
dc.contributor.authorPanizza, Ugo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue1998-10-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractEmpirical work suggests the presence of a public sector wage premium, the reasons for which are investigated in this paper. The results demonstrate a higher premium paid to women and premium decreases concurrent with skills. Job security undermines the incentive to work hard and forces the public sector to pay higher wages. Thus, the public sector wage premium can be used as an indicator of inefficiency in the public sector.
dc.format.extent23
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010946
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Why-Do-Lazy-People-Make-More-Money-The-Strange-Case-of-the-Public-Sector-Wage-Premium.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPublic Sector
dc.subjectLabor Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeH50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
dc.subject.jelcodeJ45 - Public Sector Labor Markets
dc.subject.keywordsWP-403;efficiency wages;labor demand;OECD countries;labor market
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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