Are public sector workers underpaid?
Subtitle: appropriate comparators in a Developing country
By: Sarah Bales, Martín Rama.
Contributors: Rama, Martín, 1956-; World Bank. Development Research Group. Public Services for Human Development.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2747; Policy research working papers ;; 2747.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Public Services for Human Development
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Civil service -- Salaries, etc.; Wages -- Vietnam.; Wage surveys -- Vietnam.; Vietnam -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc.
Description: Does the public sector overpay or underpay workers relative to what they could earn in the private sector? Usual comparisons focus on similar jobs, but in a Developing country it is more sensible to focus on similar workers, as shown by the case of Vietnam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27).
"December 2001."
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