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| Author: | Standing, G. |
| Title: | Wages and work motivation in the Soviet labour market. Why a "BIP" not a "TIP" required ! BIP = benefits based incomes policy ! TIP = tax based incomes policy |
| Journal: | International Labour Review
1991 : VOL. 130:2, p. 237-254 |
| Index terms: | PAY MOTIVATION INCENTIVES USSR LABOUR MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PRIVATIZATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Labour productivity and wages have been very low in the USSR although efforts have been made to raise both. A tax-based incomes policy (TIP) was recommended by foreign economists and international institutions but it has only compounded the problem. The evidence of an enterprise survey in progress is examined. As a conclusion a benefits-based incomes policy (BIP) is recommended for the transitional period, coupled with fiscal encouragement of voluntary savings from wage increases in a "privatization fund". The latter would be counter-inflationary and would boost investment. |
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