Im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes zur Reform einer öffentlichen Verwaltung thematisiert der Beitrag die Übertragung personalwirtschaftlicher Praktiken des privaten Sektors auf öffentliche Verwaltungen. Ausgehend von dem Ansatz eines New Public Management implizieren die Annahmen des...

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model in which the public and the private sector interact in the labor market. Previous studies that analyze the labor market effects of public sector employment and wages have mostly assumed exogenous rules for public wage and public employment....

In this paper we revisit the literature on the economic consequences from inefficiency in public services provision. Following Dupuit (1844) and Pigou (1947) we argue that it is important to take the financing side explicitly into account. The fact that public expenditure financing must rely on...

The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority...