supply and demand in the labor market, which, despite their importance, still do not achieve the desired efficiency. The … efficiency of public sector entities. The authors focused on 39 PES operating in Mazovia province, Poland in 2019. In the first … stage, the model of technical efficiency of local PES included six variables (four inputs and two outputs). Only seven PES …

regression is fitted to identify which elements suggested in the literature are the most influential on the technical efficiency … levels of expenditure and basic health achievements; (b) that spatial patterns of efficiency are correlated to economic … performance, but also to locally specific relevant differences; (c) and that positive determinants of efficiency are given by …

Introduction: Theme, Objectives and Structure of the Book -- Methodology: Frontier Efficiency Measurement Techniques … -- Literature Review on Efficiency Studies in the Public Sector -- Applications to German Local Governments -- Summary and …