This study analyzes the influence of fragmentation and concentration variables on the per capita size of the local public workforce for all counties in the United States from 1982 to 2002. Consistent with recent research, this analysis incorporates measures of fragmentation and concentration in...

This article investigates whether the institution of life-time tenure for public sector workers affects the selection of workers into private and public sector occupations. Precisely, we argue that more generous employment protection for public sector workers may induce risk averse individuals...