Table 8: Government Officials - Changes in means across waves II

||(1)|Means b<br>(2)|y groups<br>(3)|(4)|Diference i<br>(5)|n means (t-test)<br>(6)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||ULGSP<br>Round 1|ULGSP<br>Round 2|Control<br>Round 1|Control<br>Round 2|ULGSP<br>Dif|Control<br>Dif|
||Mean (se)|Mean (se)|Mean (se)|Mean (se)|Dif (p-value)|Dif (p-value)|
|Some incentive for tax collection|0.22|0.32|0.09|0.25|0.10|0.16|
||_(0.02)_|_(0.01)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.00)_|_(0.00)_|
|Pay property tax on residential building|0.82|0.82|0.31|0.57|-0.00|0.25|
||_(0.04)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.94)_|_(0.00)_|
|Pay property tax on commercial building|0.75|0.76|0.29|0.62|0.00|0.33|
||_(0.07)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.07)_|_(0.08)_|_(0.96)_|_(0.00)_|
|Pay property tax on mixed use building|0.82|0.88|0.50|0.61|0.06|0.11|
||_(0.09)_|_(0.09)_|_(0.09)_|_(0.13)_|_(0.68)_|_(0.48)_|
|Pay tax on land|0.49|0.53|0.41|0.39|0.04|-0.02|
||_(0.05)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.54)_|_(0.73)_|
|Percentage of tax invoice collected (FY14/15)|67.60|52.80|34.73|39.85|-14.80|5.12|
||_(4.47)_|_(6.23)_|_(7.27)_|_(6.11)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.62)_|
|Agrees that there are opportunities for raising local revenue|0.85|0.91|0.69|0.91|0.07|0.22|
||_(0.07)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.08)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.36)_|_(0.01)_|
|Agrees that challenge to raise local revenue is political|0.76|0.71|0.61|0.62|-0.05|0.01|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.46)_|_(0.91)_|
|Number LGA ofcials participating in training previous year|46.12|40.17|14.18|33.23|-5.95|19.05|
||_(12.50)_|_(9.11)_|_(2.86)_|_(5.94)_|_(0.71)_|_(0.00)_|
|Training very useful|0.98|0.97|0.96|0.95|-0.01|-0.01|
||_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.76)_|_(0.82)_|
|Capacity building activities sufcient to meet LGA needs|0.20|0.31|0.16|0.29|0.11|0.13|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.04)_|
|Capacity building activities sufcient to meet own needs|0.17|0.34|0.18|0.33|0.17|0.14|
||_(0.02)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.00)_|_(0.04)_|
|Have enough information about Council budget|0.67|0.82|0.55|0.64|0.15|0.09|
||_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.01)_|_(0.17)_|
|Used computer within previous week|0.58|0.64|0.55|0.62|0.06|0.07|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.01)_|
|Share of staf with access to computer|0.52|0.64|0.53|0.64|0.13|0.11|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|
|Share of staf that can write email|0.62|0.73|0.66|0.72|0.11|0.06|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.01)_|_(0.08)_|
|Share of staf that can create excel spreadsheet|0.58|0.59|0.61|0.59|0.01|-0.02|
||_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.79)_|_(0.62)_|
|Share of staf that can write a memo|0.61|0.68|0.64|0.70|0.07|0.06|
||_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.06)_|
|Share of staf that can create PPT presentation|0.35|0.43|0.42|0.47|0.09|0.05|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.43)_|
|Leaders interested in attracting and developing talented people|0.78|0.83|0.75|0.83|0.05|0.08|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.27)_|_(0.15)_|
|Leaders go about attracting and developing talented people|0.77|0.80|0.73|0.83|0.03|0.10|
||_(0.04)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.49)_|_(0.13)_|
|Senior staf try to use right staf for right job|0.89|0.90|0.78|0.87|0.01|0.09|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.75)_|_(0.07)_|
|Better employee would be promoted faster|0.65|0.66|0.65|0.66|0.01|0.01|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.07)_|_(0.93)_|_(0.93)_|
|Government does best to keep top performers|0.73|0.74|0.73|0.75|0.01|0.02|
||_(0.05)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.88)_|_(0.83)_|
|LGA has fexibility to respond to diferent needs of community|0.55|0.74|0.36|0.62|0.19|0.26|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.00)_|
|Employees trust one another|0.43|0.77|0.40|0.71|0.34|0.32|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.00)_|_(0.00)_|
|Employees share strong set of values|0.59|0.78|0.46|0.70|0.19|0.25|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.01)_|_(0.00)_|
|Employees take pride in fulflling duties|0.57|0.80|0.44|0.77|0.23|0.33|
||_(0.06)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.06)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.01)_|_(0.00)_|
|Employees cynical about making a diference (R)|0.85|0.88|0.82|0.84|0.03|0.02|
||_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.03)_|_(0.02)_|_(0.47)_|_(0.51)_|
|Employees feel pressure from colleagues to perform|0.39|0.56|0.36|0.60|0.17|0.24|
||_(0.08)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.04)_|_(0.05)_|_(0.14)_|_(0.00)_|
|Employees feel political power/connections matter more than performance (R)|0.83<br>_(0.04)_|0.90<br>_(0.02)_|0.81<br>_(0.03)_|0.85<br>_(0.03)_|0.07<br>_(0.07)_|0.04<br>_(0.35)_|

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