Evaluating Government Employment and Compensation

September 20, 2010

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Evaluating Government Employment and Compensation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed December 22, 2024

Disclaimer: This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.

Summary

This technical note provides criteria for evaluating government employment and compensation and options for reform. The note discusses various quantitative indicators that can be used for country analysis and provides an assessment of differences across regions and country groups. It addresses short- and medium-term options for reform and country experiences. Data tables, which can be useful for comparative analysis, are provided. The note underscores that technical analysis of employment and compensation issues must be accompanied by judgment to weigh the tradeoffs between competing objectives.

Subject: Employment, Labor, Public employment, Public sector wages, Wage adjustments, Wages

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Civil service, Compensation, Core government function, Country, Employee, Employment, Europe, Government, Government compensation, Government employee, Government employment, Government finance statistics database, Indexes wage, Middle East and Central Asia, Pay, Public employment, Public sector, Public sector wages, TNM, Wage adjustments, Wages, Western Hemisphere

Publication Details

Pages:

18
Volume:

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Series:

Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2010/015
Stock No:

TNMEA2010015
ISBN:

9781462330362
ISSN:

2075-8669

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