Political-economic aspects of public employment

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 17, Heft Jul 89

Abstract

An examination of public employment and expenditure data for 17 OECD countries for the period 1963-1983 reveals decelerating growth in public employment after 1970, whereas expenditure growth rates have been accelerating. Two contrary tendencies in public sector employment since the early 1970s are apparent: a general decline in goods and market services, and a significant increase in communal and social services. (Abstract amended)