Research in Public Policy issue 6
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Public sector pay is back in the headlines, with strike action from teachers and major discontent in other sectors.This issue of Research in Public Policy features four articles exploring issues around pay differentials with the private sector, incentive pay and pay regulation.
We also feature a series of articles by academics, policy-makers and service providers on the potential advantages and disadvantages of increased involvement of the third (charitable) sector in the delivery of public services.
- 'Explaining the Public Sector Earnings Gap', Monojit Chatterji and Karen Mumford
- 'Paying Doctors for Quality', Hugh Gravelle, Matt Sutton and Ada Ma (view the paper)
- 'Can Pay Regulation Kill?', Carol Propper and colleagues
(see WP 08/184) (pdf)
- 'Zonal Pay for the Public Sector', Natalie Tarry
- 'Fatal Fluctuations? Irreversible health consequences of recessions in India', Sonia Bhalotra
(see WP 07/181) (pdf)
(Podcast)
- 'In Search of the Public Service Ethos', Sarah Smith and colleagues
(see WP 08/197) (pdf)
- 'The Role of the Third Sector in Delivering Public Policies', Ann Blackmore and Stuart Etherington
- 'When Market Forces Govern Childcare Provision', Joëlle Noailly, Sabine Visser and Paul Grout
- 'Third Sector Providers in the Delivery of Mental Health Services', Peter Kinderman
- 'Delivering Residential Care through the Third Sector', Chris Manthorp
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