We estimate the public-private sector pay gap for 27 European countries, using the 2008 EU SILC. The coefficients of … conditional (on personal and job characteristics) public sector controls give a first impression on wage differences, while … decomposition analyses show that the public-private pay gap is, generally, negatively related to income quantiles. …

. In a similar vein, public food procurement has also been used to promote a number of positive outcomes. There is growing … interest among countries and international institutions in using public food purchases to promote the integration of … smallholders into markets and strengthen rural livelihoods. Despite the expansion of public food procurement from smallholder …

public agency engaged in vertical outsourcing partnerships. The agency evolved its contracting towards alliances as it sought …