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

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Panizza, Ugo
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| Öffentlicher Sektor \| Public sector \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (23 p)
Series:	IDB Working Paper ; No. 334
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 1999 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1817200 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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