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Asymmetric Punishment as an Instrument of Corruption Control

Basu, Karna; Basu, Kaushik; Cordella, Tito - 2014

punishment in a setting where bribe size is determined by Nash bargaining, detection is costly, and detection rates are set … endogenously. First, when detection rates are fixed, the symmetry properties of punishment are irrelevant to bribery. Bribery … detection rates are determined by the bribe-giver, a switch from symmetric to asymmetric punishment either eliminates bribery or …

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Crime and Persistent Punishment : A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico

Martinez-Cruz, Adan L.; Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos - 2016

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long-term episodes of conflict. In contrast to previous studies, this paper explores whether violence that does not include the shattering of infrastructure impacts the chance that poverty may...

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Heat, Crime, and Punishment

Behrer, A. Patrick; Bolotnyy, Valentin - 2022

Using administrative criminal records from Texas, this paper shows how heat affects criminal defendants, police officers, prosecutors, and judges. It finds that arrests increase by up to 15 percent on hot days, driven by increases in violent crime. There is no evidence that charging-day heat...

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The Public/Private Wage Differential in the Land of Gross National Happiness

Schmillen, Achim D. - 2016

In Bhutan, the public sector is usually seen as the most desirable employer. This study asks if this can be attributed to public sector employees receiving higher wages than comparable private sector workers. To answer the question, the study combines an Oaxaca-type decomposition of wage...

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Public Sector Size and Performance Management : A Case Study of Post-Revolution Tunisia

Brockmeyer, Anne; Khatrouch, Maha; Raballand, Gaël - 2015

This paper examines public sector size and performance management in post-revolution Tunisia, drawing on macro-empirical, legal, and qualitative analyses. The paper first shows that public sector employment figures and the wage bill have increased significantly since the 2011 revolution, but...

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Change Management That Works : Making Impacts in Challenging Environments

April, Leah; Ariadharma, Erwin; Hughes, Caroline; So … - 2017

Achieving better governance has been a central problem for development. When public services are not delivered as intended, reform action becomes necessary and that involves deliberate activities to change laws, structures, and processes to improve public sector performance and benefit public...

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Biased Policy Professionals

Banuri, Sheheryar; Dercon, Stefan; Gauri, Varun - 2017

A large literature focuses on the biases of individuals and consumers, as well as "nudges" and other policies that can address those biases. Although policy decisions are often more consequential than those of individual consumers, there is a dearth of studies on the biases of policy...

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The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector : Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers

Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu - 2017

This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers and their students to present among the first estimates in a low-income country of (a) teacher effectiveness; (b) teacher value added (TVA) and its correlates; and (c) the link between TVA and teacher...

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Hasnain, Zahid; Manning, Nick P.; Pierskalla, Jan Henryk - 2012

The objective of this paper is to provide a review of the theoretical and, in particular, empirical literature on performance-related pay in the public sector spanning the fields of public administration, psychology, economics, education, and health with the aim of distilling useful lessons for...

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Making Public Sector Reforms Work : Political and Economic Contexts, Incentives, and Strategies

Bunse, Simone; Fritz, Verena - 2012

Supporting effective public sector reform is a major challenge that the World Bank and other agencies and stakeholders have been grappling with. It is increasingly recognized that political economy factors play a crucial role. However, beyond this broad proposition, specific questions arise:...

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