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Заработная плата полицейских в Болгарии, Казахстане, Латвии и России
Экономическая социология. 2016. Т. 17. № 2. С. 21–49.
Альмухаметов Р. Р.
The police force is the crucial pillar of safety and order in a country.
Work in the police is considered to be risky, highly demanding, and
very responsible. Both government and society expect excellent work
from police officers. A country’s development defines the development
of its institutions, including the police, which is why many transition
economies went through police reforms recently. One of the reforms’
targets was the wage of police officers. Unfortunately, the police force
is a very closed social group and can rarely be identified in household
surveys, so information is scarce. However, it is very important to know
and understand how wages are determined in the police force and if
there are any differences among countries with transition economies.
How much do the wages vary inside the police? This paper is aimed at
analyzing the wage formation mechanism in Post-Soviet countries like
Kazakhstan and Russia and in Eastern European countries like Bulgaria
and Latvia. In 2012, the highest average monthly wage was to be found
in Bulgaria ($1,428) and the lowest was in Kazakhstan ($595). A regression
analysis on the collected data from police officers’ interviews
(with a sample size of 1,854 policemen) showed that education, tenure,
department, and rank determined police wages but also that the factors
differed from country to country. Education is the crucial factor in Bulgaria
and increases wages by 27%, while in other countries education has no effect on police wages. In Russia,
the most significant influence on wages is rank. The higher-ranked police officers receive up to 55% more than
lower-ranked officers do.
Research target:
Economics and Management
Mathematics
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Language:
Russian