(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 05 - On December 9, Italian civil servants will strike in support of the renewal of the contract and for an increase in salaries blocked for many years, but according to the Italian Public Accounts Observatory, the salaries are in line with those of many others countries and continue to be higher than private ones.
In fact, according to data from the study center directed by Carlo Cottarelli, the blocking of public contracts led to a fall in these wages compared to private ones but in 2010, before the contractual blockade, a public salary was on average 35 percent higher than a private one, against an average of 1.28 from 1980 to 2019] The block had led to a rapid fall in the ratio, which however had resumed growth from 2017.
In 2019, the ratio between public and private salaries was only 4 points lower than the long-term average. Currently, in Italy, public employees, on average, are all paid about 24% more than private ones (36,350 euros per year per unit of work against 29,260), a characteristic for another - it is emphasized - common to many countries and which takes into account education, role, experience, etc.
The reward of working in the public (ilwage premium) which was very high in 2010 was then reduced to the average of other countries and is now.
supports the CPI, in line with foreign countries.
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