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Incentives in the public sector : evidence from a government agency
Burgess, Simon M.; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; … - 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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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. -- corruption ; shadow economy …
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