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Fiscal Austerity and Public Servant Quality

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  • Haque, Nadeem Ul
  • Montiel, Peter
  • Sheppard, Stephen

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In this article we use a simple model to analyze the forces that determine the size of the public sector and the quality of workers employed in that sector. Workers are heterogeneous, and the public sector chooses an employment strategy which maximizes a utility function U(s, Y) that depends on the share of the labor force employed in public services and private sector output Y. The government is fully informed about worker productivity. We characterize the behavior of the public sector, and explore the efficiency and employment consequences of imposing fiscal constraint on the government. Copyright 2000 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Haque, Nadeem Ul & Montiel, Peter & Sheppard, Stephen, 2000. "Fiscal Austerity and Public Servant Quality," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 38(3), pages 487-500, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ecinqu:v:38:y:2000:i:3:p:487-500
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods

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