Efficient public sector downsizing (English)

Most downsizing operations show high financial returns, but their economic returns depend crucially on their design. After comparing public sector employment across countries, the author analyzes the optimal design of downsizing operations from a microeconomic perspective. The author discusses how to identify redundant workers when individual productivity is observable, as is often the case in state enterprises. Comparisons of productivity and labor...
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Rama,Martin G..

Efficient public sector downsizing (English). Policy, Research working paper; no. WPS 1840 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/200151468779185073

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