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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703452
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Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700927
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Electoral Accountability and Corruption in Local Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democratic institutions, restricts public … determines corruption is limited. This paper uses a novel dataset of political corruption in local governments, constructed from … reports of an anti-corruption program in Brazil, to test whether the possibility of re-election affects the level of rents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566436
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Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil …’s recent anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipal expenditures of federally-transferred funds, it estimates the … effects of the disclosure of local government corruption practices upon the re-election success of incumbent mayors. Comparing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761657
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Bureaucratic Delay, Local-Level Monitoring, and Delivery of Small Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
voice, transparency, and accountability among grassroots organizations. The experiment consists of randomly providing sub … mechanisms of local accountability are subject to be captured by local elites or are weak, monitoring tools might have limited … capacity to improve outcomes. In such settings, major transparency related reforms might be needed to improve public service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575485
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Job Satisfaction and Self-Selection into the Public or Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Danzer, Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Are public sector jobs better than private sector jobs? To answer this question, this paper investigates observed differences in job satisfaction between public- and private-sector workers and disentangles the effect of worker sorting from the one caused by sector-specific job characteristics. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884142
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Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career: Gender, Unionism, and Sector
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Wang, Si - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages, thereby complementing extant studies of the NLSY79 that...
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The Gender-Career Estimation Gap
Kaiser, Lutz C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The paper discusses gender differences with regard to the self- and reciprocal estimation of career expectations. Firstly, the theoretical background and the literature are identified. Within this frame, the instance of self-under-estimated career prospects of female workers and statistical...
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Does Performance Information Affect Job Seekers in Selecting Private Providers in Voucher-Based ALMP Programs?
Gerdes, Christer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
One of the services provided at the Swedish Public Employment Services is job coaching. Since 2012, that service has been organized according to a voucher-based choice system. In 2013, a performance indicator of job coaching providers was made available at an online website. This study examines...
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Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015471