A Response to Fiscal Stress: Public Sector Employment Reduction across States during a Budget Crisis

Yu Shi

International Journal of Public Administration, 2019, vol. 42, issue 13, 1095-1105

Abstract: This paper incorporates measurements of the four financial condition dimensions of cash, budget, long-run, and service solvency to explore the link between financial condition and public sector employment among states in the context of the Great Recession of 2008–2009. The finding is that the severity of this economic recession led states to reduce public workers as one type of fiscal response to cope with budget shortfalls. The results suggest that not all dimensions of state financial condition affect public sector employment.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1575852

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