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Ключевые факторы оплаты гражданских служащих в России и Великобритании
The article presents the comparison of civil servants’ pay systems and levels in the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom, as well as the identification of factors affecting the civil servants’ pay level in both countries. While civil servants’ pay levels in terms of purchasing power parity are comparable in Russia and Great Britain, there are differences in structural elements of pay and the highest paid fields of activity. The empirical basis of the study is the analysis of data from the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and the Office for National Statistics of the UK on civil servants’ pay levels in central offices of federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation and central public bodies of the UK. Comparative analysis shows that the civil servants’ pay in Russia is significantly higher than in Great Britain in fields of activity such as security, defense, justice, legal proceedings, construction, housing and utilities and statistics. In Great Britain, by contrast, civil servants are paid higher than in Russia in speres of education, science, culture, tourism, media, industry and economics. Based on theories and studies reviewed, the article provides an econometric analysis of factors affecting the civil servants’ pay level in Russia and Great Britain. Regression analysis identifies statistically significant institutional and gender and age factors which determine the high level of the civil servants’ pay in both countries, for example, activities in financial, tax and customs spheres in Russia or work in small public bodies in Great Britain.