Studies of public-private and foreign-domestic wage differentials face difficultiesdistinguishing ownership effects from correlated characteristics of workers and firms. Thispaper estimates these ownership differentials using linked employer-employee data (LEED)from Hungary containing 1.35mln...

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premiumin the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membershipwage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range ofindividual, job and...

Was können wir unter den Begriff "Verwaltungsmodernisierung" fassen? Seit 1991 spricht man inder Kommunalverwaltung vom neuen Steuerungsmodell, das - wie gesagt - die KGSt unter maßgeblicherMitwirkung ihres früheren Vorstandes Gerhard Banner (1991) ins Leben gerufen hat, und diesesneue...

This report grew out of various needs. First, the aim to demonstrate undergraduate studentsthe differentiation of the German public service necessitated the development ofthe multi-dimensional graph we repeatedly employ here (see 1.4). Second, internationalscientific exchange made it clear that...

This briefing examines how public sector organisations can use performancedata more effectively to support decision-making and produce improvements inorganisational performance. In particular it looks at the challenge of convertingperformance data into insights and then acting on those...

The aims of the project, in summary, are:● To provide an indication of the amounts of public money being spent on services to SMEs. The focus would be on central government, detailed mapping in three case study regions (covering all regional and local agencies), and headline mapping in the...

The supply of venture capital to SMEs in England varies dramatically from one region to the other. This study, however, shows that the distribution of capital around the country would be considerably more uneven were it not for the activities of publicly-backed funds. Most are almost unique...

beiträge sind öffentliche Abgaben, die dann erhoben werden können, wenn eine öffentlich-rechtliche Körperschaft durch spezielle Aktivitäten bei abgrenzbaren Bevölkerungsgruppen besondere wirtschaftliche Vorteile bewirkt. Mit der Abschöpfung eines Teils dieser besonderen wirtschaftlichen...

Für ihre Gemeindeunternehmen stehen den Gemeinden als Rechtsform neben den Regiebetrieben und den Eigenbetrieben auch Eigengesellschaften zur Wahl. Eigengesellschaften stellen privatrechtliche gemeindeunternehmen dar, die als Eigentümer Gebietskörperschaften unmittelbar oder mittelbar...

Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuableskills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match betweenjob characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on subjective well-being it ispossible to...