Public Sector Pay and Adjustment : Lessons from Five Countries.

By: Colclough, ChristopherMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in Development Economics SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (177 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203442807Subject(s): Developing countries -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc. -- Case studies | Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Developing countries -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public Sector Pay and Adjustment : Lessons from Five CountriesDDC classification: 331.2/8135 LOC classification: JF1661 -- .P824 1997ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Preface -- PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY AND ADJUSTMENT: THEORY, POLICIES AND OUTCOMES -- ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND FLEXIBLE CIVIL SERVICE PAY IN SINGAPORE -- WAGE POLICY AND INTER-SECTORAL PAY DIFFERENTIALS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1975 91 -- ECONOMIC STAGNATION AND EARNINGS DECLINE IN ZAMBIA, 1975 91 -- PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY AND ADJUSTMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY IN ARGENTINA, 1975 91 -- Index.
Summary: Changes to levels of earnings in the public and private sectors have a critical role in the adjustment process. Case studies of Singapore, Korea, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Argentina show that in those countries which adjusted unsuccessfully real earnings declined sharply, often with a further negative impact on output. The governments of the more successful East Asian adjusters influenced wage levels so as to help achieve their broader development goals. These case studies show that purely market-determined approaches to the labour market often failed.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Preface -- PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY AND ADJUSTMENT: THEORY, POLICIES AND OUTCOMES -- ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING AND FLEXIBLE CIVIL SERVICE PAY IN SINGAPORE -- WAGE POLICY AND INTER-SECTORAL PAY DIFFERENTIALS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1975 91 -- ECONOMIC STAGNATION AND EARNINGS DECLINE IN ZAMBIA, 1975 91 -- PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY AND ADJUSTMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND PUBLIC-SECTOR PAY IN ARGENTINA, 1975 91 -- Index.

Changes to levels of earnings in the public and private sectors have a critical role in the adjustment process. Case studies of Singapore, Korea, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Argentina show that in those countries which adjusted unsuccessfully real earnings declined sharply, often with a further negative impact on output. The governments of the more successful East Asian adjusters influenced wage levels so as to help achieve their broader development goals. These case studies show that purely market-determined approaches to the labour market often failed.

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