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What do we know about public sector employment
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Köllő, János |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | There have been surprisingly few studies looking at the public sector both in Hungary and internationally. One of the reasons is the absence of strong exogenous shocks: the size and relative earnings in the public sector have changed little in most countries and over time and this makes it difficult to differentiate between real and spurious differences, as well as cause and effect. Another barrier is the lack of information: data often does not even allow us to distinguish between the public and private sectors. Another factor that quite possibly contributes to the lack of research interest is the fact that the objectives of decision makers in the public sector are more difficult to define than those in the private sector and therefore it is difficult to put forward and test behavioural models (that are not based on ad hoc assumptions), and this is a serious competitive disadvantage to getting published. Economists in Hungary are in a favourable position: measures of consecutive governments – including the “Bokros package”, large pay rises before and after the 2002 general elections, pay cuts implemented after 2004 and recent austerity measures that also affect employment – created quasi experimental situations that allow the examination of a range of relationships which would be difficult to analyse under more stable circumstances. At the same time the availability of statistical data is relatively good. However, as will be argued below, even finding the key facts is a challenging task. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://econ.core.hu/file/download/HLM2014/1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
