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dc.contributor.authorGorodnichenko, Yuriyen
dc.contributor.authorSabirianova Peter, Klaraen
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-29-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:13:29Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:13:29Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33627-
dc.description.abstractThis study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of unobserved (unofficial) compensation (i.e., bribes) of public sector employees. In the case of Ukraine, we find that public sector employees receive 24-32% less wages than their private sector counterparts. The gap is particularly large at the top of the wage distribution. At the same time, workers in both sectors have essentially identical level of consumer expenditures and asset holdings that unambiguously indicate the presence of non-reported compensation in the public sector. Using the conditions of labor market equilibrium, we develop an aggregate measure of bribery and find that the lower bound estimate of the extent of bribery in Ukraine is between 460 mln and 580 mln U.S. dollars (0.9-1.2% of Ukraine's GDP in 2003).en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1987en
dc.subject.jelJ3en
dc.subject.jelJ4en
dc.subject.jelO1en
dc.subject.jelP2en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwageen
dc.subject.keywordwage differentialsen
dc.subject.keywordpublic sectoren
dc.subject.keywordcorruptionen
dc.subject.keywordbriberyen
dc.subject.keywordUkraineen
dc.subject.stwÖffentlicher Diensten
dc.subject.stwGehalten
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwPrivatwirtschaften
dc.subject.stwKorruptionen
dc.subject.stwUkraineen
dc.subject.stwÖffentlicher Diensten
dc.subject.stwGehalten
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwPrivatwirtschaften
dc.subject.stwKorruptionen
dc.subject.stwUkraineen
dc.titlePublic sector pay and corruption: measuring bribery from micro data-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn513995730en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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