Public employment decline in developing countries in the 21st century: The role of globalization

Giray Gözgör, Mehmet Bilgin and Klaus Zimmermann ()

Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 184, issue C

Abstract: Does globalization increases or decreases the size of government (“compensation” versus “efficiency” hypothesis)? The debate is re-visited with innovative bureaucracy and globalization indicators using panel data for the unexplored period 2000–2016. Robust evidence suggests that global competition reduces public employment.

Keywords: Public employment; Economic globalization; Developing countries; Efficiency hypothesis; Compensation hypothesis; Panel data estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 F66 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108608

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