TY - BOOK ID - 138522168 TI - Managing Government Compensation and Employment : Institutions, Policies, and Reform Challenges PY - 2016 SN - 1498386296 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Wages. KW - Wages KW - Data processing. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138522168 AB - Government compensation and employment policies are important for the efficient delivery of public services which are crucial for the functioning of economies and the general prosperity of societies. On average, spending on the wage bill absorbs around one-fifth of total spending. Cross-country variation in wage spending reflects, in part, national choices about the government's role in priority sectors, as well as variations in the level of economic development and resource constraints. ER -