The public sector employs roughly a third of the world's paid workforce. Their wages not only
represent the income of a substantial portion of the population but also influence pay setting …

Although cross-national evidence on public employment is rather fragmented or outdated,
downsizing and inherently growing personnel costs have been acknowledged as two …

Understanding how public administrations around the world function and differ is crucial for
strengthening their effectiveness. Most comparative measures of bureaucracy rely on …

The ability, motivation, and productivity of bureaucrats are key determinants of governments'
ability to implement policies and deliver infrastructure and services to citizens effectively …

This paper examines the public sector wage premium using nationally representative
household surveys from up to 68 countries. Compared to all private sector paid employees …

We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out privatesector
employment using specially assembled datasets for a large cross-section of developing and …

Against the background of paucity of complete and reliable data as the basis for sound
policy, this article reports on the results of a major international survey of government …

It has been argued that bureaucr atic structures have important effects on political,
economic, and social outcomes. Scholars in economics and sociology argue that a strong …

We argue that several easily identifiable structural features constitute the key ingredients of
effective state bureaucracies and should help to predict ratings of bureaucratic performance …

The analysis of wage differences between the public and the private sectors has important
implications for a better understanding of the welfare consequences of public service …