Pilichowski, Elsa; Arnould, Emmanuelle; Turkisch, Edouard - In: OECD Journal on Budgeting 7 (2007) 4, pp. 1-40
An ageing public service increases fiscal burdens while decreasing immediate capacities to deliver services. In the long run, however, it also offers an opportunity to downsize the public sector workforce if necessary and to change employment conditions and the management of government employees...