Incentives in public sector (Burgess et al.)

On the use of high-powered incentives in public sector by Simon Burgess, Carol Propper, Marisa Ratto, Emma Tominey, Stephanie von Hinke and Kessler Scholder published by VOXEU (09/2012), indicated by Marcelo Lettieri. “Do cash incentives matter in the public sector? This column look at the use of incentive schemes, such as performance-related pay, in the British Labour government between 1997 and 2012. It finds that cash incentives do matter, but that their design is critical.”