This paper employs the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method to evaluate the performance of public spending and to show how productivity has changed over time for 18 selected OECD countries during 1995 to 2002. Our analysis shows that 14 countries exhibit variable returns to scale, meaning that...

This paper empirically examines the relationship between fiscal decentralization and public sector efficiency. A country-level dataset is used to measure public sector efficiency in delivering education and health services and the new indices are regressed on well-established decentralization...

Im Weißbuch der EU-Kommission von 1994 und in der Jobs Study der OECD wurde eine stärkere Betonung von Maßnahmen gefordert, die Arbeitslosen die Rückkehr in den regulären Arbeitsmarkt erleichtern. Nur wenige Regierungen haben dieser Forderung Rechnung getragen.