Are Ghana’s Public-Sector employees overpaid? Understanding the public/private wage gap and its effect on the government deficit

Ghana is again experiencing large and chronic fiscal deficits that many analysts attribute to a sharp increase in its the public-sector wage bill. This study uses macroeconomic and household survey data to examine public employment and public wages both historically and in comparison with private-se...

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Autores principales: Younger, Stephen D., Osei-Assibey, Eric
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146353

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