Are Public Sector Workers in Developing Countries Overpaid? Evidence from a New Global Data Set
This paper examines the public sector wage premium using nationally representative household surveys from 91 countries. The public sector generally pays a wage premium compared to all private sector salaried employees, but the size of the premium...
Main Authors: | Gindling, T. H., Hasnain, Zahid, Newhouse, David, Shi, Rong |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/398361551117216050/Are-Public-Sector-Workers-in-Developing-Countries-Overpaid-Evidence-from-a-New-Global-Data-Set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31328 |
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