Does Indonesia Have a "Low-Pay" Civil Service?

Filmer, Deon ; Lindauer, David L.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT;    CORRUPTION;    DECREES;    EMPLOYMENT;    EXPENDITURE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2621
RP-ID  :  WPS2621

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Government officials and polcy analystsmaintain that Indonesia's civil servants are poorlypaid and have been for decades. This conclusion is supportedby anecdotal evidence and casual empiricism. The authorssystematically analyze the realtionship between governmentand private compensation levels using data from two largehousehold surveys carried out by Indonesia's CentralBureau of Statistics: the 1998 Sakernas and 1999 Susenas.The results suggest that government workers with a highschool education or less, representing three-quarters of thecivil service, earn a pay premium over their private sectorcounterparts. Civil servants with more than a high schooleducation earn less than they would in the private sectorbut, on average, the premium is far smaller than commonly isalleged and is in keeping with public/private differentialsin other countries. These results prove robust to varyingeconometric specifications and cast doubt on low pay as anexplanation for government corruption.