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Civil Servants’ Salary Structure

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  • Faiz Bilquees

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad)

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The paper looks at the trends in nominal and real salaries of the Federal Government employees over the period 1990-2006. It examines the structural defects in the existing salary structure and the anomalies in the allowances structure to show that appropriate remuneration for the civil servants requires serious and urgent consideration. The widening gap in the emoluments of government employees versus the public sector corporations and private sector employees has a strong bearing on the motivation and ability to work. The paper makes serious recommendations to overhaul the existing structure of salaries and perks to make the public sector employment competitive and cost-effective

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  • Faiz Bilquees, 2006. "Civil Servants’ Salary Structure," PIDE-Working Papers 2006:4, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:wpaper:2006:4
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    1. Asma Hyder & Barry Reilly, 2005. "The Public and Private Sector Pay Gap in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 44(3), pages 271-306.
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    1. Asma Hyder, 2007. "Preference for Public Sector Jobs and Wait Unemployment: A Micro Data Analysis," PIDE-Working Papers 2007:20, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Nadeem Ul Haque & Durr-e-Nayab & Omer Siddique & Naseem Faraz, 2021. "Cash Poor, Perk Rich! Civil Service Compensation: Incentives, Dissatisfaction, And Costs," PIDE Research Report 2021:8, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.

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    Keywords

    Civil services; Wages; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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