Public sector jobs are created because governments opt to provide goods and services produced directly by public employees. Governments, however, may also choose to regulate the size of the public sector in order to stabilize targeted national employment levels. However, economic research...

People with disabilities are most vulnerable and deprived segment of the population in Bangladesh having limited opportunities of education, training and employment. Most of them are isolated from mainstream society, stigmatized, mistreated and marginalized. However, inclusion of people from all...

We study the causes and consequences of patronage in Brazilian cities since the country’s re-democratization. Local winning political coalitions increase their shares of civil servant workers and wages by 3-4 percentage points during a mayoral term, independent of their ideology. Over five...