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Who attract the public sector compensation schemes?: evidence from Latin America

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  • Álvarez-Parra, Fernando
  • Brassiolo, Pablo
  • Fajardo, Gustavo

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Compensation schemes tend to differ markedly between public and private sector jobs, which can affect the relative preferences of potential employees towards those jobs. We explore this through two informational experiments embedded within a large household survey in ten Latin American cities. We focus on two of the most relevant features of compensation schemes: the wage level and the existence of pay-for-performance. We find that the common characteristics of public sector contracts—i.e. flat wages, a negative wage gap with respect to the private sector in the upper end of the distribution, and a low prevalence of payfor- performance rules—diminishes the attractiveness of public employment among high-performing, high-ability individuals.

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  • Álvarez-Parra, Fernando & Brassiolo, Pablo & Fajardo, Gustavo, 2021. "Who attract the public sector compensation schemes?: evidence from Latin America," Research Department working papers 1868, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
    • Handle: RePEc:dbl:dblwop:1868
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    Desarrollo; Economía; Investigación socioeconómica; Políticas públicas; Sector privado; Sector público;
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