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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...
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Incentives in the Public Sector: Some Preliminary Evidence from a UK Government Agency
Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper evaluates the impact of a team-based incentive scheme piloted in the public sector agency, Jobcentre Plus. The way the scheme has been designed raises many questions for which theory makes predictions. We test these predictions against our data. We find that team size affects the...
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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency
Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We...
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Wage Structure and Public Sector Employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970-2002
Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Swedish census data and tax records reveal an astonishing wage compression; the Swedish skill premium fell by more than 30 percent between 1970 and 1990 while the U.S. skill premium, after an initial decline in the 1970s, rose by 8-10 percent. Since then both skill premia have increased by...
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Urbanisation and Migration Externalities in China
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a large share of nominal wage disparities. Second, even after controlling for individual and firms characteristics and instrumenting city characteristics, the estimated elasticity of...
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Regulation, Privatization, and Airport Charges: Panel Data Evidence from European Airports
Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Clougherty, Joseph A.; Mueller, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
privatization on airport charges in a panel data setting where fixed effects can be employed to mitigate endogeneity concerns. Our …
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Assessing the impact of Mali’s water privatization across stakeholders
Estache, Antonio; Grifell-Tatjé, Emili - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper offers a unique quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization … intermediate suppliers and investors have also clearly benefited during the short privatization duration. However the paper also …
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Raising the Financial Costs of Children and Fertility Responses: Evidence from the Kibbutz
Ebenstein, Avraham; Hazan, Moshe; Simhon, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
examines the impact of the privatization of kibbutzim on fertility behavior among members. We find that fertility declined by 6 …-15 percent following the shift to privatization. In light of the massive change in financial costs associated with childbearing … due to privatization, our results suggest that financial considerations may be a more modest factor in fertility decisions …
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Defensive and Strategic Restructuring in Central European Enterprises
Grosfeld, Irena; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper interprets the existing evidence on enterprise restructuring in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Despite differences in restructuring policies, the pattern of observed restructuring appears similar in the three countries. Contrary to initial expectations, managers of SOEs have...
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Privatization, Political Risk and Stock Market Development
Perotti, Enrico C; van Oijen, Pieter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
This paper investigates whether privatization in emerging economies has a significant indirect effect on local stock … market development through the resolution of political risk. We argue that a sustained privatization program represents a … to regulatory and private property rights. We present evidence suggesting that progress in privatization is correlated …
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