Arbeitspapier
Why Do Lazy People Make More Money? The Strange Case of the Public Sector Wage Premium
Empirical 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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 403
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Lohn
Öffentlicher Sektor
Effizienzlohn
Theorie
Lateinamerika
OECD-Staaten
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Panizza, Ugo
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist
- (where)
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Washington, DC
- (when)
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1999
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Panizza, Ugo
- Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist
Time of origin
- 1999
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