This paper seeks to address the gap by reporting the results of consulting and research work of the author on the Hungarian civil service. Empirical evidence shows that the decentralized approach of the Hungarian civil service needs certain modification towards more efficient and less politics...

Provides statistical information on trends in public sector employment in developed and developing countries.

Provides statistical information on trends in public sector employment in developed and developing countries.

The paper provides a detailed description of a novel dataset on education attainment in public administrations covering the period 1981-2011 for 178 countries. The dataset uses information extracted from CVs for over 130,000 mid to senior level officials from mainly central banks and ministries...