Social and Political Factors Affect the Index of Public Management Efficiency: A Cross-Country Panel Data Study

María del Rocío Moreno-Enguix (), Laura Vanesa Lorente-Bayona () and Ester Gras-Gil ()
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María del Rocío Moreno-Enguix: University of Murcia
Laura Vanesa Lorente-Bayona: University of Nebrija
Ester Gras-Gil: University of Murcia

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, vol. 144, issue 1, No 12, 299-313

Abstract: Abstract The application of new technologies and the implementation of e-government have profoundly modified management systems in public administrations. In this article we create an index to measure efficiency in the management of public resources in the countries of the European Union for the period 2007–2012, both overall and in the management of resources in functions that generate most interest for citizens—education, health care, and social protection. In a second stage, we perform a cross-country panel data study to analyze how the implementation of e-government and other political and social variables influence the overall efficiency index and, by functions—human capita; state of development, democracy and corruption. Our results show that e-government, state of development, and human capital promote national expenditure efficiency. On the other hand, corruption promotes public inefficiency.

Keywords: Public efficiency; Public management; Social factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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