Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector
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- Erika Deserranno & Philipp Kastrau & Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, 2021. "Promotions and productivity: The role of meritocracy and pay progression in the public sector," Economics Working Papers 1770, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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Keywords
promotions; meritocracy; pay progression; worker productivity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2021-03-01 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HRM-2021-03-01 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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