The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Callen, Michael; Gulzar, Saad; Hasanain, Syed Ali; Khan, Muhammad Yasir

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“…Bureaucratic corruption is sometimes part of a more centralized scheme directed by politicians where politicians benefit financially or politically from low‐level bribery, as some portion of those bribes may be pushed up the chain to eventually benefit politicians' campaign or personal coffers (Brierley, 2020; Gingerich, 2013; Rose‐Ackerman, 1978). In other cases, street‐level bureaucrats are responsive to political pressure to deliver services to citizens (e.g., Callen et al, 2016), suggesting that politicians can exercise control over bureaucratic behavior. As a result, citizens may share the view of scholars like Gerring and Thacker (2004), who define political corruption as including not only the misuse of public office for private gain but also the acquiescence to such misuse by others (see also Rosas & Manzetti, 2015; Winters & Weitz‐Shapiro, 2016).…”

Section: Bureaucratic Corruption and Political Behaviormentioning

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Corruption victimization and anti‐incumbent voting

2021

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Do citizens punish elected politicians for corruption carried out by unelected bureaucrats? Most studies of corruption punishment focus on accusations against politicians. We argue that the direct, and therefore undeniable, experience of corruption at the hands of street-level bureaucrats will lead citizens to punish national incumbents. We explore whether this punishment of corruption is mitigated in circumstances where voters believe that politicians have less control over bureaucrats. We combine cross-national survey data on corruption victimization and political behavior in a sample of 60 countries from Africa and Latin America.

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Section: Bureaucratic Corruption and Political Behaviormentioning

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Corruption victimization and anti‐incumbent voting

2021

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“…Researchers conducted intervention at a BHU to watch public sector worker absenteeism using smart phone technology thereby virtually increasing the inspections of clinics. Health sector may sue this technology to monitor their employees [12]. This paper is an effort to highlight the need for public health awareness with a view to help public health sector in implementing health related programs with the support and understanding of the general public.…”

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Journal of Asian Scientific Research

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The aim of this study was to find the relationship among public health awareness, preventive health and curative healthcare. Survey approach was used, and data was collected by distributing questionnaires. Total 200 questionnaires were distributed, and 169 completed questionnaires were received and used in analysis of data. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were run. Correlation and regression analysis were used to test hypotheses. T-test was used to find the mean difference. SPSS 25 and AMOS-SEM 18 were used for analysis. Structural model was developed and validated in the study. Factor loadings of EFA and confirmatory factor analysis CFA are also reported. It is found that all the variables are related with each other significantly and public health awareness predicted preventive and curative health significantly. T-test results are also reported there is difference in mean score of literate and illiterate employees. It is concluded that health awareness has significant impact on preventive and curative health. Preventive health is found more dominant than curative health in the structural model. It means that preventive health is more important and curative health is overlooked so there is need to give attention to curative health in further studies. This study is primary study on public health awareness in Qassim region. Contribution/ Originality: The study contributes to the existing literature by finding the relationship among public health awareness, preventive health and curative healthcare.

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“…Employee absence is an important obstacle to organisational effectiveness across industries and settings (Krishnaswamy, 2019;Cikes, Maskarin Ribaric, & Crnjar, 2018;Zhang, Sun, Woodcock, & Anis, 2017). Empirical studies show that incentives matter for absence behavior (Mastekaasa, 2020;Callen, Gulzar, Hasanain, & Khan, 2013;Krishnaswamy, 2019), ".. in that more protected and difficult to monitor jobs show significantly higher levels of absenteeism: employees in public sector or in large firms, with permanent contracts or with longer tenure" (Scoppa, 2010).…”

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Teacher Incentives and Attendance: Evidence from Tanzania

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Rodriguez-Segura²

2022

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We study early grade teacher attendance in a nationally representative sample of public primary schools in Tanzania. We document high and costly levels of absence: during unannounced school visits, only 38 percent of teachers are observed to be actively teaching in the classroom. We find that an experimental incentive program that provided test-based performance rewards improved classroom attendance and teaching among eligible early grade teachers, although it did not explicitly incentivize attendance. Using panel regressions across the full sample, we find that teacher attendance is positively associated with the probability of school inspections and that classroom attendance and teaching activity is substantially higher among female teachers. Traditional incentives such as school infrastructure quality and salary level do not correlate with attendance.

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The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

Cited by 22 publications

References 47 publications

Corruption victimization and anti‐incumbent voting

Corruption victimization and anti‐incumbent voting

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Teacher Incentives and Attendance: Evidence from Tanzania

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