Public Sector Employment, Rent Seeking and Economic Growth

This book deals with practical or real life aspects of public finance. It focuses on the growth in the activities of governments, in a world that expects more than in the past from governments. The book focuses on the growing complexity in both the work of the private market and that of the public sector. It stresses that part of the growing complexity is due to the more ambitious role that governments tried to play today, while part is due to choices made by governments, so that complexity may be partly avoidable. This was important in the different pursuit of social welfare by different countries. Complexity has increased opportunities for abuses, for rent seeking, and for mistakes in policies. It may also have increased the attraction of populist policies that claim to offer magical or easy solutions to problems. A major conclusion of the book is that the objective of simplicity in laws and in policies should be given more importance by both economists and governments.

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Een nieuw en flexibel personeelsbeleid in de lokale besturen in Vlaanderen ?

Res Publica ◽

10.21825/rp.v40i1.18569 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 79-97

Author(s):

Trui Steen

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Local Government ◽

Labour Market ◽

Personnel Management ◽

Civil Service ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Employment Policy ◽

The Public ◽

Public Sector Employment ◽

Personnel Policies

Personnel management in localgovernment in Flanders bas undergone some major reforms during recent years. We examine the purposes and the extent of these reforms. Also, the new personnel management in Flemish local government is evaluated in terms of flexibility. The Flemish civil service can be considered as an Internal Labour Market. The rigidity which characterises the Internal Labour Market in local government in Flanders is shown by the fact that local government lacks discretion in elaborating the personnel statute, which still constitutes the basis of personnel management. However, the thesis that the public sector employment policy is too rigid has to be nuanced. The civil service is familiar with irregular forms ofemployment. Infact, in Flemish local government only half of all personnel are employed according to a statute.Despite some constraints on the development of more flexible personnel policies, it is still possible to find opportunities which provide hope for the development of new and modern personnel management strategies in local government.

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MPA Graduates and the Dilemma of Job Satisfaction: Does Crossing the Sector Line Make a Difference

Public Personnel Management ◽

10.1177/009102609102000406 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 449-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Barrie E. Blunt ◽

Kris Anne Spring

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Work Satisfaction ◽

Federal State ◽

Non Profit ◽

The Public ◽

Public Sector Employment ◽

State Regional

This study examines levels of job satisfaction for MPA graduates employed in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Findings are based on a survey and indicate that MPA graduates derive greater satisfaction with pay and promotion opportunities in the private sector than in the public or non-profit sectors. No significant differences were noted between the sectors with regard to work satisfaction or satisfaction with supervisor or co-workers. Further, no differences in levels of satisfaction were noted between four categories of public sector employment; federal, state, regional, or local.

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