Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits? : A Conceptual Framework for Developing Countries and Transition Economies.

Real wage declines have been common in the public sector in many countries over substantial periods of time. In several cases, such wage reductions have coincided with a decline in the efficiency of the public sector. In a simple analytical framework, it is shown that higher wage levels alter the in...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/019
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF