Education attainment in public administration around the world :: evidence from a new dataset /

The paper provides a detailed description of a novel dataset on education attainment in public administrations covering the period 1981-2011 for 178 countries. The dataset uses information extracted from CVs for over 130,000 mid to senior level officials from mainly central banks and ministries of e...

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Main Author: Arezki, Rabah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; no. 12/231.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The paper provides a detailed description of a novel dataset on education attainment in public administrations covering the period 1981-2011 for 178 countries. The dataset uses information extracted from CVs for over 130,000 mid to senior level officials from mainly central banks and ministries of economy and finance. Our main finding is that there is little heterogeneity across regions when considering a non quality-adjusted measure of education attainment in public administrations. Adjusting our measure for quality, using a country wide academic ranking, reveals important cross-regional hete.
Physical Description:1 online resource (40 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781475511536
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