Government Employment: Boondoggle, Necessary Evil, or Essential?

Dennis Heffley ()

The Connecticut Economy, 2013, issue Winter

Abstract: Humorous quotes about the ill effects of taxes abound, but just try to find one about the benefits of government spending or public employment. We also seldom see data-driven measures of public program benefits in the media, but let’s see if we can remedy that by assessing the economic impact of both private and public employment on economic output, using data from a variety of sources.

JEL-codes: J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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