Since 1994, PUMA's Public Sector Pay and Employment (PSPE) Statistics data has provided the Member countries with serial analysis of public sector pay and employment trends. See the Documentation page for PSPE data.

Towards Government at a Glance - Identification of Core Data and Issues related to Public Sector Efficiency

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03-Mar-2008

Zsuzsanna Lonti and Matt Woods

This is the second in a series of three papers prepared in preparation for new series, Government at a Glance. It focuses on two main themes: the identification of core data for Government at a Glance, and the publication of existing data that help assess the efficiency of government.

Employment in government in the perspective of the production costs of goods and services in the public domain - results of analysis

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28-Jan-2008

Elsa Pilichowski and Édouard Turkisch

This document presents the new methodology for gathering comparable data on public employment and the resulting data. A further comparison is made between employment data in government and the costs of production of services of the public domain.

Management in Government: Moving towards "Government at a Glance"

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15-Nov-2006

 "Government at a Glance" is a planned biennal publication to be published in late 2009.

OECD Survey on Strategic Human Resources Management

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09-Nov-2005

OECD Survey on Strategic Human Resources Management

Highlights of public sector pay and employment trends: 2002 update

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09-Nov-2005

Sandrine Duchesne

This paper aims to provide some sele

Statistical Questionnaire on Public Sector Pay and Employment

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09-Nov-2005

Sandrine Duchense

This questionnaire covers so-called statistical aggregate data concerning employment, wages, compensation costs, pay levels and pay changes in the public sector. In addition, it includes questions on the representation of women in the public sector, ageing issues and staff turnover.

The Learning Government: Introduction and Draft Results of the Survey of Knowledge Management Practices in Ministries/agencies/departments of Central Government

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09-Nov-2005

Elsa Pilichowski

In January 2002, the Secretariat launched the first international Survey of knowledge management practices for ministries/departments/agencies of central government in OECD member countries. This document presents the findings of the survey.

Trends in Human Resources Management Policies in OECD Countries: An Analysis of the Results of the OECD Survey on Strategic Human Resources Management

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09-Nov-2005

Elsa Pilichowski

The OECD survey on strategic human resources management aimed to analyse HRM policies and systems across OECD member countries, and to make cross-national comparisons on the governance of the civil service and civil service reforms.

Employment in the Public Sector: Initial Reflections on the Construction of a Data and Indicators Base

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09-Nov-2005

Elsa Pilichowski

The aim of this note is to present various lines of research for developing a comprehensive database with indicators on employment in the public service.

Conclusions of the Survey on Knowledge Management (KM) Practices

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27-Aug-2004

OECD launched a survey on KM practices in central ministries in OECD countries. The survey looked at where public organisations stand in terms of KM and made cross-national and cross-sectoral comparisons of their implementation of KM strategies. The conclusions are available in the attached report.

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