Rightsizing Brazil's Public-Sector Wage Bill /

Brazil's public-sector wage bill is comparatively high. It grows inertially and competes with other spending. Rightsizing the wage bill could stimulate administrative efficiency and bring more equity into a system where public employees earn more than private in comparable professions. Most imp...

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Glavni avtor: Karpowicz, Izabela
Drugi avtorji: Soto, Mauricio
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/225
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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520 3 |a Brazil's public-sector wage bill is comparatively high. It grows inertially and competes with other spending. Rightsizing the wage bill could stimulate administrative efficiency and bring more equity into a system where public employees earn more than private in comparable professions. Most importantly, however, a reform is necessary to comply with the Federal government expenditure ceiling and the subnational fiscal responsibility rules. A reform should thus encompass all government levels, and all careers, and should aim to achieve a real decrease in salaries and lower employment. In the medium term, a review of the compensation structure should rationalize the multitude if wage grids, merge allowances into the base wage, and align public sector compensation to private wages in low-skilled professions. 
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