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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463599803321

Autore

Hauner David

Titolo

Determinants of government efficiency / / David Hauner and Annette Kyobe ; authorized for distribution by Steven A. Symansky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-0635-7

1-4527-1174-7

1-4518-7086-8

9786612841798

1-282-84179-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (27 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/228

Altri autori (Persone)

KyobeAnnette

SymanskySteven A

Disciplina

352.375

Soggetti

Government productivity - Econometric models

Expenditures, Public - Econometric models

Administrative agencies - Management - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; III. Government Efficiency, 1980-2004; Tables; 1. Summary of Scores; 2. Spearman Rank Order Correlations; Figures; 1. Plots of PSP, PSE, and DEA Scores in Education and Health; 2. Evolution of Health and Education Spending, Performance, and Efficiency in Advanced and Developing Economies; IV. Determinants of Government Efficiency; 3. Tested-Down Regressions; 4. Overview of Univariate and Tested-Down Regressions; A. Economic Determinants; B. Institutional Determinants; C. Demographic and Geographic Determinants; V. Conclusions; VI. Appendix

A. Data SourcesB. Countries Included; C. Background Tables; A1. Summary of Determinants; A2. Univariate Regressions; A3. Multivariate Regressions; References



Sommario/riassunto

We compile the first large cross-country panel dataset of public sector performance and efficiency, encompassing 114 countries on all income levels from 1980 to 2006, with about 1,800 country-year observations for the education sector and about 900 observations for health. We regress these indicators on potential economic, institutional, demographic, and geographic determinants. Our most resounding conclusion is that higher government expenditure relative to GDP tends to be associated with lower efficiency in the respective sector. Moreover, we find that richer countries exhibit better public